tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post7198803351354407537..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: Paris in black and whiteNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-87948628423125157302009-07-24T01:15:30.370+01:002009-07-24T01:15:30.370+01:00Visual Perception was one of my favorite courses a...Visual Perception was one of my favorite courses at college. It caught my imagination when the professor explained this as the reason why black and white film looks so realistic to us. The rods at the outer edges of our eyes have poor color receptors, unlike the cones at the center. The theory is that the brain compensates by blending images to help us keep our balance. That's why I'm taken by the notion of "bird's eye view." Other creatures see the world in ways we can only imagine.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-67155295062156005712009-07-23T19:27:47.903+01:002009-07-23T19:27:47.903+01:00I don't think I knew that about peripheral vis...I don't think I knew that about peripheral vision. How interesting. Titles - none of the Moreau lithographs has a true title, but I soon got fed up with calling every single print "Untitled"! So descriptive titles like "Gay couple dancing" are just me providing an identifying tag. For Boussingault, the titles are those of the accompanying poems and prose-poems by Léon-Paul Fargue. "Gay" at this period would have been rather old-fashioned English slang for a female prostitute, I don't think the term meant homosexual to any but a small coterie until the 1970s.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-8499817459716286342009-07-23T19:12:44.707+01:002009-07-23T19:12:44.707+01:00Because our peripheral vision is black and white u...Because our peripheral vision is black and white until the brain converts it to color, these scenes allow us to focus on what the artists bring to familiar scenes (at least in pictures). Moreau'ssubjects are guaranteed to get our attention. I wonder if he called them a "gay couple" in 1928, or is that a translation of something naughtier? Segonzac and Boussingault did some very bright oil paintings during their time in the south. In her letters, Colette always wrote warmly of her friendship with Segonzac, in particular, among her artist friends at St. Tropez.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com