Representation, Gaze, and Void form the core of Visual Dialectic, connecting what an image shows, how visibility is organized, and what remains excluded, unseen, or open to interpretation.
Gombrich’s Art and Illusion defines pictorial representation as a learned and constructive process shaped by schema, correction, perception, visual expectation, and viewer participation.
Gombrich’s Art and Illusion redefines representation as a constructive process involving learned schemas, correction, perceptual expectations, visual convention, and the active participation of the viewer.
