{"id":2379,"date":"2023-08-09T22:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2024-01-10T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T11:37:26","slug":"geometry-color-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometry, color, meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/2d-digital-art\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"15\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/campfire300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/campfire300.gif\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"campfire300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/campfire300.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/campfire300.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:120px;height:undefinedpx\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/2d-digital-art\/\">2D digital art<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/mandala\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" data-attachment-id=\"73\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/2d-digital-art\/mandala\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala.png\" data-orig-size=\"445,445\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mandala\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala.png\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:120px;height:undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala.png 445w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mandala-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/mandala\/\">3 | mandala<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1089\" data-attachment-id=\"1416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/hidden-geometry\/blake_ancient\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1089\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blake_ancient\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1416\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:120px;height:undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg 800w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>geometry<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/div>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f51ad1b2ae3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/#Creating_the_illusion_of_space_and_transparency_through_color\" >Creating the illusion of space and transparency through color<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/#Creating_meaning\" >Creating meaning<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/#Metaphor_and_metonym_figures_of_speech\" >Metaphor and metonym: figures of speech<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/#Earth_Air_Fire_Water\" >Earth Air Fire Water<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/#The_Elements_across_centuries_and_cultures\" >The Elements across centuries and cultures<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/#Contemporary_expressions_of_the_Elements\" >Contemporary expressions of the Elements<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/hidden-geometry\/blake_ancient\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1089\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blake_ancient\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-300x408.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>William Blake, The Ancient of Days, 1794<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"GEOmater\"><\/span>GEOmater<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Now,&nbsp;<em>aqua in buccat<\/em>. I\u2019ll make you to see figuratleavely the whome of your eternal&nbsp;<strong>geomater<\/strong>. And if you  flung her headdress on her from under her highlows you\u2019d wheeze whyse Salmonson set his seel on a hexen-gown.<\/p>\n<cite>James Joyce, Finnegan&#8217;s Wake, p.  296<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Geometry is a very specific way of creating order, and vector graphics is a very specific way of working with geometry. But there is more than meets the eye \u2014 literally \u2014 when we discover the many uses of geometry to create an image. Marco Frascari, an Italian architect and design theorist, proposes specific ways geometry can be used in image-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Channeling Irish author James Joyce, who was famous (or infamous) for mashing up words to create new meanings, Frascari appropriates Joyce&#8217;s pun word <strong>GEOmater<\/strong>. Frascari reveals how Joyce combined the words <strong>matrix<\/strong>, <strong>mater<\/strong>, and <strong>meter<\/strong> with <strong>geology<\/strong> and <strong>geometry<\/strong> into an allegory describing the influence of design upon destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Three_geometries\"><\/span><strong><strong>Three geometries<\/strong><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Frascari observes three co-existing functions for, and names three inter-related kinds of, geometry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>prediction:&nbsp;<strong>Mantic geometry<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>creation:&nbsp;<strong>Structural geometry<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>observation:&nbsp;<strong>Body geometry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/hidden-geometry\/blake_ancient\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1089\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blake_ancient\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient-300x408.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/blake_ancient.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>William Blake<br>The Ancient of Days<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MANTIC<\/a>&nbsp;GEOMETRY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Mantic<\/strong><\/em> is a term associated with prophecy and divination. We see it as a root for words such as <em>ro<\/em><strong><em>mantic<\/em><\/strong> (as in visionary).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mantic geometry projects a possible future, making thinkable the yet-to-be-imagined, associated with layout and format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>An example will be your use of a layout device, such as the rule-of-thirds grid, for composition:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/manticgeometry\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry.png\" data-orig-size=\"829,1279\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"manticgeometry\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry-664x1024.png\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry-664x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry-664x1024.png 664w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry-768x1185.png 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry-300x463.png 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manticgeometry.png 829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rule-of-thirds mantic grid<br>in a vertical format<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"2387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/vitruvian\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vitruvian.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vitruvian\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vitruvian.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vitruvian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vitruvian.jpg 365w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vitruvian-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/vitruvian-300x411.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Leonardo da Vinci<br>Vitruvian Man<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Structure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STRUCTURAL<\/a>&nbsp;GEOMETRY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong><em>Structure<\/em><\/strong> is an organization of interrelated elements in an object or a system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structural geometry controls pattern and hierarchy, making invisible relationships visible, associated with creation through ratio and proportion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>An example will be your use of polygon construction in developing a mandala drawing structure:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/web-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1656,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1466598017&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Web&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-663x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-300x464.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/structuregeometry-scaled.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Top: hexagon construction<br>Bottom: square construction<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"2390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/cezannepaul\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cezannepaul.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cezannepaul\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cezannepaul.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cezannepaul.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cezannepaul.jpg 360w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cezannepaul-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cezannepaul-300x417.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Paul Cezanne<br>La vase paill\u00e9<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Physical_body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BODY<\/a>&nbsp;GEOMETRY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In physics, a <strong><em>body<\/em><\/strong> is a discrete unit of material that is movable in 3-dimensional space. A body is also one&#8217;s physical self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Body geometry determines tangible volumes, spaces, and surfaces, making material immaterial, through the application of geometric primitives: polygons, polyhedra, cones, cylinders, and spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>An example will be how you develop shapes and color into meaningful visual elements:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/goldenspiral\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1656,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1466774816&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;goldenspiral&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"goldenspiral\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-663x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-300x464.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bodygeometry-scaled.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Color applied to<br>geometric construction<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_the_illusion_of_space_and_transparency_through_color\"><\/span>Creating the illusion of space and transparency through color<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the image of color applied to the geometric construction above, we might see an interesting illusion. Look closely: does it feel like you can see layers of overlapping planes anywhere? Gyorgy Kepes describes this phenomenon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If one sees two or more figures overlapping one another, and each of them claims for itself the common overlapped part, then one is confronted with a contradiction of spatial dimensions. To resolve this contradiction one must assume the presence of a new optical quality. The figures are endowed with transparency&#8230; . Transparency however implies more than an optical characteristic, it implies a broader spatial order. Transparency means a simultaneous perception of different spatial locations. Space not only recedes but fluctuates in a continuous activity. The position of the transparent figures has equivocal meaning as one sees each figure now as the closer now as the further one\u2026.<\/p>\n<cite>Gyorgy Kepes, <strong>Language of Vision<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Our upcoming exercises in color theory will\u00a0introduce the idea that hue, saturation, and brightness relationships among colors can create ambiguous spatial relationships among planes. Examples by three artists from the Bauhaus \u2014 Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Josef Albers \u2014 provide compelling visual proof of Kepes\u2019 discussion of phenomenal transparency&#8217;s power to create multiple spatial readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each artist provides a text that reveals much about their views of the relationship between color and geometry: Kandinsky,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wassily_Kandinsky#Point_and_Line_to_Plane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Point and Line to Plane<\/a><\/strong>\u2026 Klee, the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedagogical_Sketchbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pedagogical Sketchbook<\/a><\/strong>\u2026 Albers,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300146936\/interaction-color\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interaction of Color<\/a><\/strong>. Note the examples of work by each artist. How does phenomenological transparency, generated through color plane relationships, lead to spatial ambiguities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are phenomena we will exploit in our project by learning how to control and use color<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"2398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/klee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/klee.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"452,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"klee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/klee.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/klee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/klee.jpg 452w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/klee-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/klee-300x332.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Paul Klee, Senecio, 1922<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" data-attachment-id=\"2399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/kandinsky\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1090,755\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kandinsky\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky-1024x709.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kandinsky.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VIII, 1928<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"2397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/albers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"448,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"albers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers.jpg 448w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/albers-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Josef Albers, Homage to the Square, 1965<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_meaning\"><\/span>Creating meaning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.<\/p>\n<cite>\u2014 from a letter by Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb to the Art Editor of the New York Times<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This project explores relationships between symbol and representation, metaphor and metonym, and devices of geometry, color, and imagination, to be drawn in layers in Illustrator. Our selected representation will be a mandala, which we build by structuring it with Frascari&#8217;s GEOmater, and expressing it using the transparency relationships borne of geometry and color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But what will the mandala be about?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Metaphor_and_metonym_figures_of_speech\"><\/span>Metaphor and metonym: figures of speech<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To answer that question, we&#8217;ll work with a common strategy in art: to create a <strong>figure of speech<\/strong>, but not of a verbal kind. This one will be applied in a visual context. One kind of figure of speech, a <strong>metaphor<\/strong>, relates similarities among things that are otherwise different: <strong>He was a deer in the headlights<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t mean someone magically turned into a deer. Rather, it means <strong>he<\/strong> and <strong>deer<\/strong> share the quality of being surprised by something. Another kind, a <strong>metonym<\/strong>, relates things through association: <strong>Philadelphia won the Super Bowl<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t mean millions of citizens were on the field of play. <strong>Philadelphia<\/strong> associates with the unspoken presence of the <strong>Eagles football\u00a0team<\/strong>, which won the game. Go Iggles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>OK. So what will we base our figure of speech on?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Earth_Air_Fire_Water\"><\/span>Earth Air Fire Water<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ou mandal will incorporate a visual metaphor or metonym generated from one or more of the four Classical elements:\u00a0<strong>Earth<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Air<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Fire<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Water.<\/strong> These pre-modern elements are a universal human theme, a part of our collective unconscious, and do not in and of themselves carry meaning. It is the artist\u2019s interpretation of our larger human condition that charges a work with resonance that speaks to other people. Individual interpretation can create rich figures of speech or shallow clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether by figuration or abstraction, by art or design, we can see a broad range of individual sensibility applied to the theme of the classical elements, starting with the fascinating anthropomorphic portraits by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giuseppe Arcimboldo<\/a><\/strong>.  He predates Surrealism by centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"2401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/arcimboldo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/arcimboldo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"377,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"arcimboldo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/arcimboldo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/arcimboldo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/arcimboldo.jpg 377w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/arcimboldo-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/arcimboldo-300x398.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Giuseppe Arcimboldo,&nbsp;Water, ca. 1566-70<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Elements_across_centuries_and_cultures\"><\/span>The Elements across centuries and cultures<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Greek philosopher Aristotle articulates a firm model of the physical world made up of earth, air, fire, and water in his treatise, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/classics.mit.edu\/Aristotle\/physics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Physics<\/a><\/strong>, written in 350 B.C.E. Expressions of the classical elements are not limited to Ancient Greece, however. The following span across cultures East and West\u2014Greek, Indian, Chinese\u2014and across time\u2014from the 5th century B.C.E. to the 21st century C.E.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"2406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/tetrad\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tetrad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad.jpg 500w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tetrad-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Four Elements of Aristotle, based on a diagram from Isidore of Seville, Liber de responsione mundi, 1472<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"2407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/600px-fiveelementscyclebalanceimbalance_02_plain-svg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg.png\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg.png 600w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/600px-FiveElementsCycleBalanceImbalance_02_plain.svg-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chinese Wu Xing,<\/em> <em>a diagram of elements or phases<\/em> <em>used in feng shui and elsewhere<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"2408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/agnifire\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/agnifire.png\" data-orig-size=\"460,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"agnifire\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/agnifire.png\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/agnifire.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/agnifire.png 460w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/agnifire-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/agnifire-300x391.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Agni, God of Fire, Hindu bas relief c. 1000 C.E., Cleveland Museum of Art<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"289\" data-attachment-id=\"2409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/brueghel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/brueghel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,289\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brueghel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/brueghel.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/brueghel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/brueghel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/brueghel-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hendrick van Balen, Abundance and The Four Elements, ca. 1615 <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"599\" data-attachment-id=\"2410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/viridarium_chymicum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/viridarium_chymicum.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"776,599\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"viridarium_chymicum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/viridarium_chymicum.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/viridarium_chymicum.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/viridarium_chymicum.jpg 776w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/viridarium_chymicum-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/viridarium_chymicum-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>D. Stolcius von Stolcenberg, Viridarium chymicum, 1624, a diagram&nbsp;of elements in 16th century alchemy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contemporary_expressions_of_the_Elements\"><\/span>Contemporary expressions of the Elements<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Although the <strong>literal<\/strong> idea of all matter being comprised of earth, air, fire, and water has long been discredited by science, contemporary takes on the theme as a more <strong>symbolic<\/strong> reality abound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"470\" data-attachment-id=\"2413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"471,470\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4.jpg 471w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4-300x299.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jennifer-bartlett-the-elements_-air-water-fire-earth-set-of-4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jennifer Bartlett&#8217;s domestic symbols are displaced in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprints.com\/images\/prints\/prt07753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The elements: Air, water, fire, earth<\/a><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"605\" data-attachment-id=\"2414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/2002-024-00a-d_gardner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"608,605\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2002.024.00A-D_Gardner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner.jpg 608w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner-300x299.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2002.024.00A-D_Gardner-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Steve Gardner&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/gardnerart.com\/?mtheme_portfolio=the-four-elements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Four Elements<\/a> in a sculptural, bas-relief context<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" data-attachment-id=\"2417\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1006\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dhs4002v2_0_1280_0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0-1024x805.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dhs4002v2_0_1280_0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>British bad-boy Damien Hirst affixes real (and of course dead) butterflies to an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ellsworth_Kelly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ellsworth Kelly<\/a>-esqe minimalist painting derived from the colors traditionally associated with the elements in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.damienhirst.com\/the-four-elements-whoas-afr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Four Elements &#8211; (Who&#8217;s Afraid of Red, Yellow, Green and Blue)<\/a>.<br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" data-attachment-id=\"2416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/allegory-of-the-four-elements\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/allegory-of-the-four-elements.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"allegory-of-the-four-elements\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/allegory-of-the-four-elements.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/allegory-of-the-four-elements.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/allegory-of-the-four-elements.jpg 500w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/allegory-of-the-four-elements-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mark Ryden creates a cutely disturbing allegory in oil with <a href=\"http:\/\/easyartsymbols.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/allegory-of-four-elements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allegory of the Four Elements<\/a><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" data-attachment-id=\"2415\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/omnia-ab-uno\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/omnia-ab-uno.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,430\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"omnia-ab-uno\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/omnia-ab-uno.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/omnia-ab-uno.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/omnia-ab-uno.jpg 640w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/omnia-ab-uno-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>dgarzelloni&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/sevenhare.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/omnia-ab-uno_26.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omnia ab Uno<\/a>, a monster in a drawing combining wings and scales, air and water?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"2419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/zulu-brown-prints-14-hr-005\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;A850&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1299234905&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.022222222222222&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005.jpg 480w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Zulu-Brown-Prints-14-HR-005-300x325.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Printmaking examples include Sandile Zulu&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidkrutprojects.com\/artworks\/brownprint-14-3-modules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brown Print series<\/a>, using the actual materials of earth, air, fire,<\/em> and water to make the work&#8230;<em><br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1439\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy-712x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy-300x432.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>&#8230; and<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/baggelboy.wordpress.com\/linocuts\/linocut-prints\/016-elements-fire-linocut-by-baggelboy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Elements: Fire<\/a>, a good example of Baggelboy&#8217;s linocuts.<br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"284\" data-attachment-id=\"2420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/body42b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Body42B.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"571,284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Body42B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Body42B.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Body42B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Body42B.jpg 571w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Body42B-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Body as fire in the photography of Lloyd Godman in the&nbsp;Body Symbols Series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lloydgodman.net\/symbols\/Gallery\/Body42B.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nude 233-3<\/a><br><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" data-attachment-id=\"2421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/geometry-color-meaning\/martyrs-earth-air-fire-water-2014-by-bill-viola-born-1951\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bill_viola.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"730,486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) 2014 Bill Viola born 1951 Presented by the artist and Kira Perov, with assistance from the Art Fund 2015   http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/work\/T14507&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Bill Viola Studio \/ Photo (c) Tate&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) 2014 by Bill Viola born 1951&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) 2014 by Bill Viola born 1951\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) 2014 Bill Viola born 1951 Presented by the artist and Kira Perov, with assistance from the Art Fund 2015   http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/work\/T14507&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bill_viola.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bill_viola.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bill_viola.jpg 730w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bill_viola-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bill Viola&#8217;s elegaic 2014 video installation in Exeter Cathedral: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/work\/T14507\">Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water)<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Now that you&#8217;ve been inspired by these very personal interpretations of the Elements by so many artists, what can you imagine doing?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2D digital art 3 | mandala geometry GEOmater Now,&nbsp;aqua in buccat. I\u2019ll make you to see figuratleavely the whome of your eternal&nbsp;geomater. And if you flung her headdress on her from under her highlows you\u2019d wheeze whyse Salmonson set his seel on a hexen-gown. 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