A priori counting ability is the basis of art

 

1) The ability to see a shape by omitting complex details is practical.

2) Drawn shapes, like musical scales, are simplified digitally, not analogically.

3) Drawn shapes can be seen in parts,

and their size differences are clearly distinguishable.

4) This clarity of difference between the parts  is pleasurable.

5) Once you realize the integer nature of shapes, you can logically imagine and create more complex shapes.

6) This Cartesian ability to count natural numbers and logical thinking are fundamental to visual grammar.


Klee "Stakim" The Art Institute of Chicago

There are several areas where the shapes appear to overlap,

  when you run your eyes along the lines,

twisted rings become visible.


string model

Two twisted rings overlap.

The red ring has two twists: two straight lines overlap at the intersection,

It can also be seen as three rings connected together.

The blue ring has three twists. It can also be seen as four rings connected together.

 

 


network model

There are 13 intersections.

It can be seen as two lines passing through the intersection, or as four lines coming out of the intersection.

 

diagonal model on grid

The more a work can be transformed into this model, the more harmony and balance it possesses.

If the picture plane is transformed into a grid, the diagonal lines become the diagonals of the rectangle, which can be expressed as integers.



When various properties of shapes are expressed as integers, it becomes easier to create various structures.


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