In a spatially skewed manner
Does "in a spatially skewed manner" in the following sentence refer to the fact that the rails on the bottom of the painting are not completely horizontal and therefore the whole scene including the house seems a bit tilted?
Sentence:
Edward Hopper’s painting House by the Railroad not only depicts an eerie house similar to the Bates homestead (in Hitchcock’s Psycho), but renders it in a spatially skewed manner.
Source of the image: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78330
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catttt Does "in a spatially skewed manner" in the following sentence refer to the fact that the rails on the bottom of the painting are not completely horizontal and therefore the whole scene including the house seems a bit tilted? I think so.
- catttt Does "in a spatially skewed manner" in the following sentence refer to the fact that the rails on the bottom of the painting are not completely horizontal and therefore the whole scene including the house seems a bit tilted?
- I think so.
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cattttDoes "in a spatially skewed manner" in the following sentence refer to the fact that the rails on the bottom of the painting are not completely horizontal and therefore the whole scene including the house seems a bit tilted?
I think so.
0cattttDoes "in a spatially skewed manner" in the following sentence refer to the fact that the rails on the bottom of the painting are not completely horizontal and therefore the whole scene including the house seems a bit tilted?
Partially. There's also the fact that the foundation of the house is obscured by the tracks, so taken literally, the house is f
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