Pictorial Space throughout Art History: Cézanne and ... - ARAS

ARAS Connections Issue 2, 2012
Explanation
An area of color forms a plane, each edge of which divides the height or
width of the overall rectangle into a pair of sections (figs 1-2). (2) If the
composition is plastic then the lengths of each pair of sections are in proportion
to each other, to the height and width of the overall rectangle, and in proportion
to all other sections created by all other planes (figs 3-4). Planes are also located
at different depths, thus creating pairs of sections in that dimension which are
also in proportion (figs 7-8). All these proportions integrate the planes and unify
the picture. The same is true in sculpture except that planes are replaced by
masses and the flat rectangle is replaced by a simple three-dimensional form
such as a cube or an ovoid.
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