Painting I / Analysing a Finished Work
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Complete the vocabulary of analysis.

Panofsky set out his three strata of meaning in Studies in Iconology in ______. Feldman's four stages are description, formal analysis, ______ and judgement. A picture whose values all sit high on the scale is described as high ______. An edge that dissolves into its background is called a ______ edge.

Word bank: 1939 · interpretation · key · lost · 1970 · chroma

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  1. The third blank names a range rather than an average.
  2. The last blank is an edge you cannot find.
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Panofsky set out his three strata of meaning in Studies in Iconology in 1939. Feldman's four stages are description, formal analysis, interpretation and judgement. A picture whose values all sit high on the scale is described as high key. An edge that dissolves into its background is called a lost edge.

Why

The last blank names the decision that most separates a painting from an illustration. An illustration keeps every contour findable; a painting chooses where the viewer is allowed to lose the boundary, and that choice is invisible in reproduction at small size.

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