Created on 2024-02-07

The image is of a handwritten page with the number '3' at the top indicating it is a page from a sequence. Here is a transcription of the text and description of the drawings on the page: "The function of a picture is to define the relative positions in Space which are accepted by the subject matter. The spatial relations of the subject matter are very complex. They can only be understood by analyzing them, separating on different levels, and comparing these levels are contrast-form fields, examples. [Below the text, there are six small sketches arranged in two rows and three columns. Each sketch represents a different texture or pattern.] These fields must be seen one at a time and their balance of areas established intuitively." The page is somewhat aged with a noticeable tattered bottom right corner, suggesting it may be from an old notebook or document. The writing style is cursive, and the ink is black. The drawings appear to include different textural examples such as grid, crosshatch, stippling, lines, and other forms of shading or patterns that one might use in artistic compositions.

Created on 2024-03-30

The image appears to be a handwritten note discussing the function of a picture and the spatial relationships of the subject matter. The note mentions that the spatial relations in the subject matter are very complex and can only be understood by analyzing their respective effects on different levels. It also discusses different compositional fields, using examples like rectangles, squares, and lines, and states that these fields must be seen as a whole and their balance of areas established. Overall, the note seems to be analyzing and describing the formal, compositional aspects of an artwork or visual image.