Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these encounters by how the viewer meets the work, from most dominant to least.
- A work substantially larger, which commands the space
- A work large enough to be walked into
- An object smaller than the hand, examined closely
- A work at roughly body height, confronted
Hints
- The sequence runs by the viewer's command of the work.
- The viewer is inside the work in the last case.
Show the answer
- An object smaller than the hand, examined closely
- A work at roughly body height, confronted
- A work substantially larger, which commands the space
- A work large enough to be walked into
Why
The transitions are where the effects live rather than the bands themselves. The move from confronted to overwhelmed is where a work stops being another presence and starts being an environment, and it happens over a surprisingly small range of actual heights.
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