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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

darkness obliterating form or the dematerialising power of light

Does the highlighted part mean "Anything represented could (either or both) be a result of the obliterating power of darkness or the dematerialising power of light"?

"Anything represented is only recorded in patches of light and dark. It's no longer there. And could (either or both) be darkness obliterating form or the dematerialising power of light" - Therese Oulton.
  

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Hi I think that's right. I like this picture as an example of how both darkness and light can obliterate form Dave George Bellows, Men of the Docks, UK National Gallery (public domain)

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I think that's right.
  • I like this picture as an example of how both darkness and light can obliterate form Dave George Bellows, Men of the Docks, UK National Gallery (public domain)
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Hi

I think that's right. I like this picture as an example of how both darkness and light can obliterate form

Dave

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?And what does "obliterate" mean to you, specially regarding the painting you have provided above? Could you please explain a little more about its meaning in this painting.
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Hi

'Obliterate' can mean to blot something out altogether - so that it cannot be seen at all

But, in a gentler way, it can mean to make something no longer readable. The man on the left, in half darkness, is clearly a man but it's impossible to tell whether he is just leaning against the wall or if he's reacting to something the other men have said. The brightness of the light
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