Bill Brandt, The Adelphi, 1939
Conversation
Lasse Persson, Rome, 1968
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Herbert List, Stairway to Heaven, Rome, 1949
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Frederick H. Evans A Sea of Steps, The Stairs to the Chapter House, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England, 1903. Platinum print
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Piero della Francesca, detail from Finding of the True Cross 1452-66. Fresco, San Francesco, Arezzo
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John Singer Sargent, Open Doorway, Morocco, 1879-80
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Paul Klee, Sicilian Landscape, 1924
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Félix Vallotton, Old street in Cagnes, sunset, 1920
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Kawase Hasui, Amagasaki, 1940, Woodblock print
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Georgia O'Keeffe, New York Street with Moon, 1925
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Edward Hopper, Railroad Sunset, 1929
I often wonder if the difference in artistic styles represents a difference in personal interpretation, or an actual physical difference in perception. Sometimes the answer is obvious (El Greco, Van Gogh), but is this interpretive or does Hopper’s visual cortex see this?


