Khaing Zin Zin Thant's profile

Visual Representation as Personal Representation

Personal Representation as known as self representation is an essential part of our life not only for artists but for everyone. Since humans communicate visually, it is important to be aware of our surroundings, for example, the use of colors, functionality, trends , designs and so on. 

There are two parts I mainly take inspiration from. One is from nature and another from man made objects and art. To begin with, one can experience sublime, the quality of greatness beyond calculation by fully immersing oneself into the nature. For instance, this idea is often referenced with the painting of Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog,1817.

As an aspiring artist, I admire the nature of beauty, vice versa, beauty of nature. Exploring the world gives me the sense of hope and reality. Nothing can makes me feel peaceful than being in the fields of flowers and the forests. Of equal importance, I find joy in observing man made arts, for example, architecture, handicrafts, pottery, sculpture and so on. By looking carefully at those creations, I was reminded about the human civilization before our eyes and how things changed from time to time. In particular, architecture can be seen as an art form which represents social, historical and political values of the era which in terms represents the people living in different eras.

As discussed in art history, it is evident how the visual representation of designs and architecture changed according to ideologies and thoughts. For example, Santa Maria Della Vittoria, the baroque church is different from the gothic baroque church, Saint John of Nepomuk in many aspects such as the manipulation of space, style, location and choice of genres. 

In conclusion, my personal representation as visual representation is deeply rooted in contemplating about history, philosophical context or just simply the feeling when I experience the objects by seeing and thinking.

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog,1817.
Visual Representation as Personal Representation
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