A dynamic figure ground

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dc.contributor.advisorPope, Alberten_US
dc.creatorGuga, Jeff M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:40:10Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:40:10Zen_US
dc.date.issued1994en_US
dc.description.abstractThe question this thesis explores is what could the relationship be between subject, the participant, and object, architectural form, other than fixed. This question arises from a consideration of the relative value of the perceptual field within aesthetic events. Alternative methods of interpreting the figure-ground relationship can cause a break in the definition of observer and object as static entities. Twentieth century painting and sculpture have challenged the conception of a stable figure-ground relationship in favor of a dynamic view. Increasingly within this view the subject has been called upon to become a part of the composition, through the involvement of perception as an integral part of the aesthetic event and/or by the subject becoming part of the event. Underlying this question is the notion that when the cognitive is actively engaged with the physical, the possibility exists of creating an autonomy for subject and object. Autonomy is coincident with a freedom, an enablement, based not solely on an emotional connection through metaphor but one based on the virtual.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 1994 GUGAen_US
dc.identifier.citationGuga, Jeff M.. "A dynamic figure ground." (1994) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13838">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13838</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2951en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13838en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.titleA dynamic figure grounden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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