Perception of space-time

Perception of space-time

Alexander Cherkov discusses the perception of time space as part of the characteristics of sculptural composition.

Perception of space-time by Alexander Cherkov, from the book Introduction to the World of Art "Sculpture, painting, drawing and more"

For many years, after the failed attempt to sculpt a horse as a child who I mentioned earlier, Sculpture would have seemed impossible to me as a kind of art.

The thing is that for the perception of sculpture as an artistic composition, the viewer must have a high level of consistency between the two lobes of the brain, which at the age of six I did not have. 

Why is this so?

Characteristics of the sculptural composition: perception of space-time

For the concept of sculpture it is necessary not only a spatial perception in the right lobe, but also the perception of reality in time through the left lobe, since the separate angles of the sculpture become a sculptural composition only as a result of the perception of space-time as one fourth dimension. That is, three-dimensional objects can be seen only through the fourth dimension - time. This is an easy thing to understand, if we compare it to a two-dimensional space, that is, a plane, we can only distinguish from the outside, that is, in the third dimension. Without ascending the plain, we will not see it. And without progress along the time vector, the volume is not reliably and completely visible.

In addition, it should be noted that sculpture, is perhaps the only type of plastic art that makes use of synchronous work of both hands, and therefore, it contributes especially to strengthening the balance and consistency between the two lobes of the brain. As a result of the above, the practice of sculpture is a huge psychotherapeutic means. Psychotherapist and psychiatrist Gogic Nazlouin, through sculpture portraits, helped treat patients with schizophrenia, epilepsy and neuroses for whom medication did not help. But, of course, sculpture is beneficial not only to sick people. Thanks to the possibility of developing the perception of space-time, the practice of sculpture develops the harmonious action of the brain lobes and produces a "philosophical view of life", i.e. the ability to see details as part of the whole.

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