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Introduction In the first essay in this series, I presented several situations in which a lack of knowledge of the artist's referent led to an erroneous understanding of the work.  In this fifth essay, I want to mention additional examples of misunderstandings.  Because this aspect of the language of art is affected by the referent, I decided to publish it after my essay on the referent. The Referent and The Archaeological Record In my first essay, I talked about how I decided to disregard the original intent, the referent as I call it, of Inca funeral weavings.  I took this decision not because I did not know the original meaning of these works of art but because I did not feel that the ori...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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