Semi-serious response from
the art specialist on my staff, Matthew Mann:
I have no idea what that
term might be. I know what they're talking about though...like a tree drawn
using plus signs, or something.
"Semiotics" is the
best term I can come up with, but that doesn't refer specifically to a work of
art, only the symbol itself.
On the graphic design side I
am thinking of "photomosaics", but again that isn't exactly what they
are asking about I don't think.
Maybe someone needs to
invent one. Give it a try. "Semiopomorphism". I just made that up.
-----Original Message-----
From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY
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On Behalf Of Kathy Zimon
Sent: Wednesday, January 20,
2010 7:51 PM
Subject: [ARLIS-L] term for
a type of drawing or graphic image?
I'm hoping that the
collective wisdom of arlis colleagues will have an
answer to this: I've been
trying to find examples of images or
drawings where the image,
perhaps a face or figure, is made up of multiples of small images like letters,
words, or figures, etc. Is
there a term or label for
such images? Or a more precise description
for them? If you can point
me to any examples, or names of artists (probably graphic artists in advertising
or commercial art?), I would appreciate it.
Kathy Zimon
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