inscription v. description
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Inscription; To mark a surface with words, characters, etc., especially in a durable or conspicuous way
(Geometry) To draw or delineate one figure within
another figure so that the inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at as many points as
possible
"The true inscription cannot be thought of apart from that whereon it stands." - Gotthold Lessing
Marcel Duchamp
Banksy
Tarin Towers
Bruce Nauman
DavidNielsen
Karen Justis
Meg Hitchcock
Glenn Ligon
Betty Levy
Jane Tong
Miriam Londono
Lesley Dill
Description: Depiction or account of ;
representation or delineation by elaboration
"Objective description" - the artist/writer regards himself as a kind of
camera
"Impressionistic description “- focuses on the mood or feeling the object evokes in the observer rather than upon the object itself
Illustrations for Ciecro’s Aratea 9th C France
Illustrations for Ciecro’s Aratea 9th C France
Lee Trites
Lorna Simpson
Robert Mars
Glenn Hirsch
Ellie Wilder
Barbara Kruger
Squeak C arnwath
Cate White
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