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Adults, watching a production of Hamlet, realize that the action is limited to the stage. They know, in reality, that Sir Laurence Olivier won't poison Michael Redgrave. They accept a dramatic illusion of reality in order to become involved with the plot and enjoy the play. In all art...
Each art form has its own way of facilitating participation in the aesthetic illusion. When painting, an artist creates this illusion through color, composition, and form. By representing an imaginative setting far removed from any ordinary view of everyday life, or by using paint to interpret a subject in very...
The art of Andy Warhol has no such frame or illusion of space, and its subject matter comes directly out of the viewer's immediate environment. Warhol's subjects are Brillo boxes, movie queens, and the obvious objects of everyday life. His art denies the traditional aesthetic illusion.
The earliest antecedents of this breakdown of the spatial illusion in painting are the pointillist pictures of the late nineteenth century -- particularly Seurat and Signac. They tried to break down the illusion of space by treating the frame with the same minute dots of color which cover the background of...
Warhol paintings, because they lack any quality of illusion, or personal emotional involvement, are decorative rather than imaginative experiences for the viewer. But seen in this light, they demonstrate taste and skill. Their bright colors and attractive design put them in a class with Danish furniture or Florentine leather; they...