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The Rückenfigur (literally "back-figure") is a compositional device in painting, graphic art, photography, and film. A person is seen from behind in the foreground of the image, contemplating the view before them, and is a means by which the viewer can identify with the image's figure and then recreate the space to be conveyed.
In March 1953, the China Photography Association was reestablished in Taipei, and Lang served as its director for 42 years. [5] Beginning in the 1960s, Lang Jingshan's photography turned to creative landscape with figures, many modeled on paintings by Zhang Daqian, showing Taoist influence. He received awards from the Ministry of Education.
Figure in a Landscape is a 1945 painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon.Based on a photograph of Eric Hall dozing on a seat in Hyde Park, also the basis of another painting, Figure in a Landscape (1945), which was bought by Diana Watson and later in 1950 by the Tate Gallery with the support of Graham Sutherland, then a trustee (1948–1954).
In Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, the S-curve is a traditional art concept where the figure's body and posture is depicted like a sinuous or serpentine manner.It is related to and is an extension of the art term of contrapposto which is when a figure is depicted slouching or placing one's weight and thus center of gravity to one side.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. Art and practice of creating images by recording light For other uses, see Photography (disambiguation). Photography of Sierra Nevada Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically ...
Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was an American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers" [1] and "one of the masters of 20th century photography."
Figures in a Landscape is a 1970 British film directed by Joseph Losey and written by star Robert Shaw, based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Barry England. [1 ...
Landscape photography (often shortened to landscape photos) shows the spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on human-made features or disturbances of landscapes.