Interior Design Psychology: Proxemics and Space
The Design of Interior Spaces: Psychology
Providing a home with the right environment, one that makes you feel like a person and part of the household, is a specific requirement of life today. It is one of the most deeply rooted ideas in sociologists and architects.
The Psychology of Lines
We know the meaning of the various types of lines: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, broken, circular, and spiral. Their presence within one another can help or hinder, creating stability or dynamism, drive, or confusion
Read MoreMasterpieces of Diego Velázquez: Las Meninas and Las Hilanderas
Diego de Silva Velázquez: A Master of the Spanish Golden Age
Diego de Silva Velázquez (1599-1660) was born in Seville, where he learned the techniques of painting. He later moved to Madrid, where King Philip IV appointed him as the royal painter. He created masterpieces such as Las Meninas and Las Hilanderas, in which he masterfully captured aerial perspective.
The Forge of Vulcan (1630)
Theme: Mythological. This painting depicts Apollo, the god of light, informing Vulcan, the god of blacksmiths,
Read MoreCaravaggio’s Narrative Compositions: Light, Timelessness, and Influence
Caravaggio’s Narrative Compositions
More complex compositions that take you to a narrative. You will be linking a whole series of characters often by gestures, and often by the light. There will be big news: only the scale of the scene, which creates a certain complexity.
It is the moment when Jesus comes into a tavern. Matthew was a tax collector, a detestable character. Jesus seeks and among those people most depraved and denigrated him choose, and freely accept or not. It represents the exact moment
Read MoreAnalyzing Visual Texts: Description, Analysis, and Evaluation
Dealing with Visual Texts
Description
- Composition and Structure:
- The picture can be divided into separate segments.
- The picture consists of, contains, or is composed of various parts.
- The picture falls into distinct parts.
- The picture is made up of various pictorial elements, namely speech bubbles, thought bubbles saying or containing specific content, and captions.
- Placement and Focus:
- In the foreground, there is/are…
- In the background, you can see…
- In the center, the picture shows, depicts, or presents.
Sculptor Miquel Blay: The First Cold – A Masterpiece in Marble
Work: The First Cold
Author: Miquel Blay (Olot 1866 – Madrid 1936)
The training of sculptor Miquel Blay began at the age of 14 in the religious sculpture workshop Vayreda Brothers, an institution in Olot in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. He gained a great command of technical drawing and sculpture, creating a very personal art of Christmas and expressive force. He is an author who stands out in a decadent era in terms of the visual arts.
He moved to Paris, where he studied under Henri
Read MoreData Analysis, Rhetorical & Semiotic Methods
Week 6: Data Analysis and Interpretation
Analysis: The process of ordering data according to a prior logic by first breaking down this data into relevant elements.
Interpretation: Rearranging the elements and order of data through a process that moves from more concrete understanding (mostly descriptive) to more abstract ones that serve to enhance or develop some theoretical model.
Three Tests of Data Sufficiency:
- Taken-for-grantedness: You have taken into consideration everything; there isn’t anything