Some examples below highlight the relationship of space to content. Some elements to consider are:
SCALE- Size as it relates to scale is very important. The space within a small paper can be infinitely grand and vice versa. Relationships of elements and marks create this relationship.
Large marks make the space feel small, tiny marks make it feel large. Massive architecture can dwarf the people that inhabit it. By orchestrating these relationships unique space can be created.
MOVEMENT- Space can function as a constant for the passage of time. In a drawing the space can be frozen and the movement of people (etc) can be contrasted against it. Space can be depicted as static, unmoving, fixed as other elements play out within it.
GAZE- Space can be created, not to provide a backdrop for a narrative, but to hold the viewers gaze; a place for it to enter. This allows the viewer to be the active participant and not solely an audience.
Piranesi
David Levine
Gustav Diore, from Dante's Divine Comedy
Arthur Melville
Rackstraw Downes
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