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Michaelis School of Fine Art

Other observations

Abstract

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Painting presents an almost infinite range of possibilities to convey meaning through the versatility and potential of the medium. It is to this potential for mimicking and representing the real world that I wish to turn; for whilst the word painting refers to the manifestation of the physical object, it also, more importantly for this discussion, refers to the act of painting itself, the application of paint onto a surface in the articulation of an illusory reality. This ability to represent in paint, upon a two-dimensional surface, the real world in such a way as to cause in the viewer an experience which is somehow like that of looking at the world, is called naturalism.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher.institution
Michaelis School of Fine Art
Year dc:date.issued
2004

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Van der Byl, Gretchen
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Teale, Julia
  • Lamprecht, Andrew

Rights

Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10890
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10890

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Van der Byl, Gretchen. Other observations. Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10890