Natalie Kerby

Artist. Instagram: Dyoxazine Art instagram: nataliekerbyart 

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Yu na (2017) by masha bogatova

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Pokemon Posters made by Tsukimusha

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“Decorated Fans”. Early 17th century, Japan. Artist: unknown  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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A to Z - Matt Baker, Visual Capitalist

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Black cat, Oliver Clegg

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Uh oh

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Look through any window, Jochen Mühlenbrink

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Michelangelo's "David" as a sign

As a sign, Michelangelo's "David" would be classified as an Icon. It directly represents the human figure in appearance and does not require cultural and societal understanding to associate with the human figure, like a symbol would.

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Drawings/Paintings representing events as a sign

I believe this would be classified as, or has the potential to be classified as, all three types of signs: icon, symbol, and index. Icon comes in where you can clearly identify the humans and animals as such based on their appearance. Symbol, because some of the things the artist includes may require cultural or societal understanding to be able to interpret the event. And finally Index because the artist's hand is present; you can infer that the artist has knowledge of this event and that this depiction is connected to the event itself through the artist's hand.

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The beach is boring and everyone knows it, Nigel Van Wieck

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Drawings/Paintings as Representations of Events

When does a physical representation become accurate "enough”? When is the accuracy less rooted in physical likeness and more rooted in how well an event is told or a setting is described? When representing an event or depicting a setting, the physical likeness is less important than the story or event itself. Artists may depict a feeling, action, or sequence and put those factors on a higher pedestal than simple realistic likeness. This can even make the representation of the event MORE accurate than if the artist were to use realistic likeness to each figure being depicted. Here, distortion can happen in these instances in the sense that an artist may distort how an event went down. The visual distortion from a realistic physical representation of, say, what a human looks like, becomes less important than how much the artist distorts the actual story being told.

Cave painting photo: By Clemens Schmillen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31399425

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

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The Statue of David by Michelangelo as a Representation of Human Anatomy

The statue of David was originally meant to be placed on the roofline of the Florence Cathedral, so it was meant to be seen from far below. Because of the extreme angle at which the statue would have been viewed, it was sculpted with distorted proportions. The head and torso are much larger and longer than they should be in comparison to the legs and feet, so that when viewed from far below the statue would appear to be correctly proportioned. I think this makes for very opposing answers to the questions, “How accurate is this representation?” and, “Does this representation contain distortions?” There are indeed distortions, but the intent behind the distortions to make the representation appear more accurate when viewed from the intended angle are what make this representation accurate despite the distortions.

(Photos from Wikipedia and whyarthistory.wordpress.com)

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Two flower portraits completed and hung next to each other

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Wip

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