other artists’ work: what is the manifesto in this drawing, what does the artist or designer aim to manifest in their work? Find and post at least one successful or controversial image and 100-300 words of reflection, analysis and context,
best wishes, Frances I chose this image by August Choisy from 1873, it is an axonometric rendering of a Roman vault from below. On the one hand it aims for strong information content and transparency, one could 'read off' the structure of this vault and reconstruct it from this drawing, because in this convention, every dimension is easy to calculate. Second, it presents a fairly strong triumphant announcement of skill by the artist, he shows he can observe and work out a complex structure and recreate it in detail even from a ruin, and he also announces his ability to re-present that complex information visually. Third, and in contrast to the notion of transparency, this image is very puzzling and atmospheric, it is a view that would not be available from any normal viewpoint, and it presents the building behaving abnormaly, rising up into space, hovering threateningly over the viewer like a thundercloud. I like the kick-ass quality of the drawing, the assertion of skill, and the threat. To me , this draughstman is saying, one little word and I could crush U with this old vault
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