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Station Point
A station point is a location or vantage point from which an artist or exhibitor intends an observer to experience an artwork. In photography, the station point is the location of the camera at the point in time when the camera records a view to a recording medium. In traditional graphical perspective, oculus (abbreviated ''O'') denotes the point Kirsti Andersen (2007) ''Geometry of an Art'', p. xxix, Springer, in space where a viewer sees a scene to be portrayed on a picture plane. When depiction of a scene is taken over by a camera with photography, the "eye point" or oculus becomes the station point. See also *Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ... * Art exhibition References {{DEFAULTSORT:Station Point Visual arts exhibitions Perspective projection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Location (geography)
In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry. Types Locality A suburb, locality, human settlement, settlement, or populated place is likely to have a well-defined name but a boundary that is not well defined varies by context. London, for instance, has a legal boundary, but this is unlikely to completely match with general usage. An area within a town, such as Covent Garden in London, also almost always has some ambiguity as to its extent. In geography, location is considered to be more precise than "place". Relative location A relative location, or situation, is described as a displacement from another site. An example is "3 miles northwest of Seattle". Absolute lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |