a paragraph from 4.Testimonies of Art
line 10 from the bottom, pg.101, the Sense of Order ; E.H. Gombrich
"we must never forget that one differences between a representation and reality lies in the simple fact that in reality we can always go on looking and exploring, if necessary with artificial means such as binoculars or magnifying glasses, while the image as image is strictly finite."
An image is created from snapshots of camera which portray what has been selected. The representational by images were used to fulfilled our imaginary part. We altered them, changed them and twisted them to transmitted the message of our imagination to reality. One image is not enough. Tons of them will still not be enough to really generate what in the back of all head exactly. There is no tool that is better than our eyes. At least, the representational, can be used as a tool that allowed us to make imagination reality.
Alice in wonderland, a text that becomes one of the most favorite animation of all time. It was created to close the gap and answering to people doubt. It help set a mind to the character and the whole story.
It reset the brain of the way people pictured the story. It makes people remember in the back of their mind what Alice looks like. The animation is the representational for alice in reality.
a paragraph from 5. Visual Information
line 24 from the top, pg.103, the Sense of Order ; E.H. Gombrich
" The purpose of any message in this idealized model is to reduce the state of doubt in which the recipient had found himself, and it is this state of doubt first of all that can be expressed in terms of uncertainties and probabilities"
As human we have so many questions about everything, we tend to find and dig the answer from many places. We try to close out the doubt in our head and there are many ways of doing. People choose to do and experience things differently. Variation of method generate the possibilities of what the result will become and varies expectation of people. Building, animation and all sort of things in this world are the message we try to speak out loud.
For example, Cathedral and Mosque are our pray and respect to God who we believe exist. They were built to create rituals and generally decrease the doubt of action in doing until they were forget and gone.
a paragraph from 6. Expectation and Extrapolation
last two lines, pg.105, the Sense of Order; E.H. Gombrich
" Where such expectations are not fulfilled we register surprise , and the degree of this surprise can be equated with the amount of information in the sense of the theory."
The Cathedral and Mosque of Cordoba in Spain amazed people by its structure. The two religion combined together by architecture. Although, it was the representation of power of one over another but the result are breathtaking piece of art. People travelled there to embrace the unexpected of what intentionally created.
Although the level of surprise decrease after few minute of the experience whether by hearing or seeing or knowing but the impression of surprise emotionally remain and remark in our mind.
