Monthly Archives: September 2013

Intertextuality:  flattery or plagiarism? The term “intertextuality” was coined by philosopher Julia Kristeva in 1966 and is described as “the shaping of a text meaning by another text.“ Examples of intertexuality are all around us because the idea behind intertextuality … Continue reading →

Assemblage is an artistic technique, very similar to collage, that combines, or assembles, objects into a piece of artwork.  The result of an assembled piece work of art could contain any variety or combination of objects.  The key difference between … Continue reading →

There’s nothing negative about negative space!  According to Wikipedia, negative space in the visual arts, “…is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image.  Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not … Continue reading →

Au-tom-a-tism [aw-tom–uh-tiz-uhm].  “A method of producing pictorial art, as paintings and collages, associated chiefly with the dadaists and surrealists, in which the artist strives to allow the impulses of the unconscious to guide the hand in matters of line, color, … Continue reading →