| While the Baroque movement eventually dissipated, the notion of containing an image continued to be explored by artists. In Magritte's Clouds for example, the playful aspects merge with other readings — the clouds could not be captured by the frame and are seen to float outside the painting, even though it is obvious they belong to the space of the painting, not the image. |
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 Magritte: Plagiarism 1960 |
This notion of containment extends through other conceptual domains, beyond simple visual tricks and through to epistemological issues. Often, this may lead to specific thought patterns that through their containment become culturally favourable and accepted. At this stage much evidence of the original frame may seem to disappear, but this only illusion, the effects of the frame remain. This is particularly evident in our concepts involving nature. |
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Now let us turn to the cinematic image. Of course, in cinematic terms one way to pretend that the frame is no longer there is to make the screen bigger, and bigger, until... |
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