Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Salford
Output title
Alternative Traditions: Flat as a Way of Visualising Space
Type
E - Conference contribution
DOI
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Name of conference/published proceedings
"Spatialising Illustration" symposium held at Swansea Metropolitan University on 24–25 January 2013
Volume number
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Issue number
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First page of article
103
ISSN of proceedings
2052-1820
Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
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Additional information
This investigation compares two examples of graphic art from 19th Century Japan and the American Plains Indian of North America, exploring questions relating to the concept of flatness in both traditions. It identified similarities in their approaches to the projection of space, description of movement and composition, highlighting the relevance of these forms to the development of digital games and the application of 2.5 dimensional space.
The paper brought a little known (in the UK) genre of Indian narrative drawing to the attention of professional illustrators and has stimulated interest in cross-cultural comparative analysis at the Smithsonian Institute.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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