Dimension/Depth/Space

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSEFnPylZe5YaWIMdJgpoyIF-txZK978QWLOnaPy6VPIABy2zEMcsZNBzMJFJLSV0BGtEe_PvPUdJ72duv8prraVbwuVZgzoQtHQKvsAjy9WPbmhMdNvfLaJ5AtODy2e5JDbIZtVSDPs/s320/op_art.jpg

I chose this graphic art image because I found it very intriguing. Although this is a flat, 2D image, depth and dimension can be seen because of the particular scaling and size of each of the squares. Also, the textured gradient surface helps add to the illusion of space. As the squares start equally getting smaller and smaller from both sides, it gives off the appearance that they're getting farther and farther away from the observer. The smaller the squares get, the distance between the viewer and the image increases, depicting depth. I thought this aspect was very interesting since the image in not 3D but yet it has that appearance because of the successful way scaling was used to form a dimension that's not really there. I feel like I can walk into this image and keep on going because of the use of relative size. The squares on the left hand side, mostly, are equal in size but as you start to progress throughout the image moving to the left, the squares start to transform more to slender and slender rectangles giving the image a depth cue that they are getting farther away, which in our eyes justifies such transformation. All in all I think this image achieves depth and dimension through the simplest forms, scaling and size, which proves that by using these in the right way even a 2D image has the potential to be portrayed as something more than what it really is.