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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art

by John A Parks
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Rockport Publishers
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044 Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition is a procedure in which one element is placed next to another, creating a new relationship.

STRATEGIES

Subversive. Expected norms are upended by unlikely combinations of images.

Dramatic. For example, the severed head of John the Baptist held by a delicate Salome.

Poetic. The American artist Joseph Cornell (1903–1972), for instance, juxtaposed images to create a sense of wistful and poetic charm.

Polemic. A political point can be made by juxtaposing one image with another.

Positive association. This is a technique often used in advertising: for example, an athlete might be paired with a beer bottle.

Juxtaposition can also be a purely abstract strategy using shapes, colors, and textures.

See also Surrealism ...

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ISBN: 9781631595431