Name/Title
Finding Meaning IIIEntry/Object ID
2019.45aDescription
A whtie skull with a translucent green rectangle in front and a purple shadow underneath the skullContext
Finding Meaning is a boxed set of five lithographs, commissioned and printed by Fernwey Editions. Following the release of the Golden Section Finder, Finding Meaning continued our meditation upon the application of the Golden ratio/section/mean by highlighting five ways in which it is interpreted and applied. Each lithograph contains a golden section rectangle superimposed over a symbol denoting a reading of the ratio. These are; its application in architecture (Le Corbusier’s Villa Stein), its use by Creationists (the cross), its use in determining human facial beauty (the human head), its appearance in nature (the shell) its use by conspiracy theorists (the Eye of Providence). They were offered in three color variants (with yellow, pink or green backgrounds) and made in an edition of three per color variant.Acquisition
Accession
2019.26-64, 72-78Source or Donor
Browne GoodwinAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Browne and Diane GoodwinMade/Created
Artist Information
Tim Parsons
Jessica Charlesworth
Date made
2015Notes
Parsons & CharlesworthInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
bottom, rectoTranscription
Finding Meaning III / 1/3 / Parsons & CharlesworthLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
LithographNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PlanographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PrintNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Geometry, LithographsDimensions
Height
7-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 inDimension Notes
19.52 cm. x 14.44 cm.