riceandweed on Nostr: "the arrangement of forms such as found in a painting by Kandinsky is in fact very ...
"the arrangement of forms such as found in a painting by Kandinsky is in fact very low in content, unless we attribute to these forms some system of conventional meanings not inherent in the forms themselves. His thesis is that physiognomic forms are ambiguous, though not wholly without expressive value, and that they can only be interpreted within a particular cultural ambience. "
Gombrich illustrates this by reference to the supposed inherent affective qualities of color exemplified in traffic signals; and Colquhoun cites the recent adoption by the Chinese of the color red for go, indicating action and forward movement, and of green for stop, indicating inaction and caution-this easy reversal itself indicating the triumph of convention over physiognomy in our understanding of the meaning of form.”- Learning From Las Vegas, Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown Steven Izenour
Gombrich illustrates this by reference to the supposed inherent affective qualities of color exemplified in traffic signals; and Colquhoun cites the recent adoption by the Chinese of the color red for go, indicating action and forward movement, and of green for stop, indicating inaction and caution-this easy reversal itself indicating the triumph of convention over physiognomy in our understanding of the meaning of form.”- Learning From Las Vegas, Robert Venturi Denise Scott Brown Steven Izenour