Formalism describes the critical position that the most important aspect of a work of art is its form, the way it is made and its purely visual aspects rather than its narrative content or its relationship to the visible world. In painting therefore, a formalist critic would focus exclusively on the qualities of color, brushwork, form, line and composition.
Students may take Art<span> History because it is required, or it seems like a good choice ... </span>I<span> would argue that this is the single most fun reason to </span>study Art<span> History, and it ... Think, really think about the amount of visual stimulation with which </span>we<span> are ... </span>You will<span> discover visual evidence of who and where</span>you<span> came from -- and </span>gain<span> .</span>
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calotype process produced a translucent original negative image from
which multiple positives could be made by simple contact printing. This
gave it an important advantage over the daguerreotype process, which
produced an opaque original positive that could only be duplicated by
copying it with a camera. The use of paper as a negative meant that the
texture and fibers of the paper were visible in prints made from it,
leading to an image that was slightly grainy or fuzzy compared to
daguerreotypes, which were usually sharp and clear. In the 1850s
calotypes were replaced by the far more precise although cumbersome
collodion process that used glass plates as negatives.
