Practice question · Select all that apply
Which of these are true of the value structure of a painting?
Hints
- Three describe why the value structure is the load-bearing layer; one over-trusts a reproduction.
- Ask what a small reproduction does to a picture's tonal range.
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- A. It is what survives being seen from across a room
- C. Squinting is a quick way of reducing a picture to it
- D. Two colours can differ greatly in hue and still be nearly identical in value
Why
Reproductions compress. A small print or a screen narrows the tonal range and shifts it, so a value structure judged from a reproduction is a judgement about the reproduction. It is the one part of formal analysis that genuinely requires standing in front of the thing.
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