slcvisualresources:Natalia Goncharova, Cats / Rayist Perception in Rose, Black and Yellow(1913, oil
slcvisualresources:Natalia Goncharova, Cats / Rayist Perception in Rose, Black and Yellow(1913, oil on canvas, Guggenheim Museum, NYC)We do not sense the object with our eye, as it is depicted conventionally in pictures and as a result of following this or that device; in fact, we do not sense the object as such. We perceive a sum of rays proceeding from a source of light; these are reflected from the object and enter our field of vision.Consequently, if we wish to paint literally what we see, then we must paint the sum of rays reflected from the object. But in order to receive the total sum of rays from the desired object, we must select them deliberately – because together with the rays of the object being perceived, there also fall into our range of vision reflected reflex rays belonging to other nearby objects. Now, if we wish to depict an object exactly as we see it, then we must depict also these reflex rays belonging to other objects – and then we will depict literally what we see …- Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova -- source link
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