tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post350256124155730847..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Picturing the UnseenAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-49495851460826072622019-11-27T15:51:10.458-05:002019-11-27T15:51:10.458-05:00Interesting questions. I'm assuming that the ...Interesting questions. I'm assuming that the images in the mind come first - someone had to picture something in their imagination before they could translate it into animation or CGI. So probably similar sorts of pictures were in people's minds even before there was the technology to reproduce it for others to see. But it's also true that once we can see what someone else has imagined, our own imaginations are influenced by it. So if you see emblem books and portraits of saints' miracles, your imagination may tend to emulate those, while if you see Disney animation or Marvel superheroes your imagination may go in those directions.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-76543389208450163192019-11-27T14:29:46.052-05:002019-11-27T14:29:46.052-05:00Oh! And "magic", which we now see throug...Oh! And "magic", which we now see through the lens of animation, used to be depicted so differently. Much more symbolically, as if the symbols of magic would sort of float in space. Unclear if it was meant to be an actual visualization, or if it was a place holder for the viewer to imagine the actual magic happening. <br /><br />I suppose it was both, mixed together. Like when people dreamed of magic in the 16th century what did they see? Did it look like what they saw in a book of emblems? Or like how we animate it now?eeldiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241215073913298993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-29669341154884677482019-11-27T14:22:54.435-05:002019-11-27T14:22:54.435-05:00Similarly, interesting to see how artists depicted...Similarly, interesting to see how artists depicted things we now "see" through photography, things that move too fast or are in constant motion that couldn't be captured by the human mind, frozen in time. Lightning, explosions, fireworks, even fire and smoke and water to some extent. eeldiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241215073913298993noreply@blogger.com