Scientific art theory must be based on structural analysis.

 

"If you compare the woman who tried to use  sake barrel as a stepping stone and caught on a branch of cherry blossoms by Toyokuni, and the woman who holds an  umbrella and is blown in the wind by Harunobu, everything will be clear.

In the latter, even the willow branches play music along the lines of the face and kimono.

Perhaps the former cherry blossom branch, which she intended to do the same, seems to be only a jerky noise. The rugged lines on the tabi socks are also broken."

Torahiko Terada "ukiyo-e no kyokusen"

                 Harunobu [Young Woman Carrying an Umbrella in a Gust of Wind]

Here is a picture that Torahiko Terada might have seen.

The fact that the umbrella is an important element in Harunobu's painting was shown in another blog about  "Autumn leaves dance", but in this painting the willow branch is also an important motif.

The lines in Harunobu's paintings are made up of arcs of  limited number of circles.

Those circles can be classified into large, medium, and small groups.

The middle group produces  rhythmic effect. 

The  circle of the third largest circle makes many curves of willow  branches and kimono.  

 Let's make  green arc-circle model.

  


      "even the willow branches play music along the lines of the face and kimono."

Recently, my  English blog "visual grammar" was locked out.

To start anew, I used the name "shape science".

Later, I learned that the type of science in Terada was called "science of form."

Torahiko Terada scientifically observes the phenomena around him and wrote pioneering papers on many new genres of science.

"Ukiyo-e no kyokusen " can be said to be the beginning of art science.

"visual grammar" is the first chapter.

 


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