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How many visual cues do we need to complete a picture in our minds? How does text interact with visual information to produce an image or a story in our brains?

This is an investigation into the limits of visual reduction and the power of suggestion. I'm also interested in the degree to which a work of art meets the viewer and in how hard the viewer is willing to work to have an experience.

Serious inquiry? Droll experiment? Maybe a little of both.

The images and titles on this page are often grouped in twos, threes and fours; together, each group forms a progression around a single idea, sometimes a color I request from folks on Twitter and Facebook.

Want to play? Simply look, read, and let your mind fill in the details - then scroll to the next in the series.

To join in, tell me a color name. Just one. Like pink. Or emerald green. I'll do the rest.

Consecutive Retinal Contrast: Manet's Olympia Part 4 of 4

Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 10:50PM

Consecutive retinal contrast: Edouard Manet, Olympia (detail, bed). 1863. Oil on canvas 130 × 190 cm (51.2 × 74.8 in), Musée d'Orsay | Digital painting in four parts, Julia Hensley 2011

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