When I was a kid, people did this with typewriters!Karen at Brown Univ.
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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:16 PMFor the nerds among us, there is the subset of ASCII Art - creating images using characters available on a computer keyboard. For instance, here is Michelangelo's David: http://www.textfiles.com/art/david.art. Though some images were large and elaborate, possibly even converted from actual photos, much of the art was used in email signatues; these cows were very popular: http://www.instinct.org/cows/ascii-cows1.html.--HeatherHeather Cleary
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] term for a type of drawing or graphic image?__________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]Where is Sherman Clarke when we need him?
Helen Chillman
Yale University
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Hello,
I am not convinced that words like mosiac and collage should be co-opted for this specific sub-section of artwork that you are asking about. Here are my thoughts: I have studied Chinese painting and wish that I had written my thesis proving that the Chinese masters inspired the European impressionists. This work that you are describing feels like a modern take on impressionism, pointalism, and the like. Chuck Close was not the first person to create pixelated artwork (that's a way to describe it) - but he did inspire the commercial craze of creating images that are composed of smaller, individual images.
Why create a word when you can just describe them that way?
Please also check out the work of Ayakoh Furukawa. see the "Text Drawing" section of her website: http://www.ayakohfurukawa.net/ . This work is described by her galleries as text-based drawing.
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artasiamerica.orgOn Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Haines, Annette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
In addition to Jill’s suggestions, perhaps the term mosaic?
Annette Haines
Art & Design Field Librarian
University of Michigan
On 1/21/10 11:15 AM, "Jill Timm" <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]> wrote:I would call that a collage, or if all photos, a photo collage.
Jill Timm
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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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