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Sculpture as a Code – Rhetorical Devices Used by the Sculptor

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Władyka-Łuczak Z., The University of Lodz F. o. P., zet-zet@zet-zet.com.pl

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2016

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vol. 35

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issue 5

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The aim of the paper is to compare the formal organization of a visual message with the rhetorical devices used in a verbal message. This analysis is carried out based on the example of the sculpture Dual by Zbigniew Władyka. The creativity found in the rhetorical devices used in the sculpture Dual to trigger and amplify feelings proves that they can be employed even in this form of artistic expression. Creativity in the analysed sculpture is represented by German reunification, reflected in the form of the transformation of two characters into one. The sculpture is meant to inspire, to be an object (res) directing the viewer toward personal reflection, and invoking projections of fear and doubt, but also of confidence and courage. Confidence and courage are represented by a strong figure with a head, firmly standing on its feet. Fear and doubt are represented by a weak figure, carried by the first one. The centripetal composition used in the sculpture suggests merger rather than destruction. The sensory perception of the viewer is controlled by directional tensions, which lead the viewer’s sight along designated linear directions. As described earlier by Witkiewicz, directional tensions and motionless substance correspond to a rhetorical enlarging and diminishing. By interacting with the sculpture, you can experience these devices. Not only visualization is at work here, as in verbal communication, but also physical experience. The presented analysis shows that a sculptural work of art can be analysed in a similar way to verbal communication. Of course, not all verbal devices have their counterparts in visual communication, but the basic content and emotions can be expressed regardless of the code.

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Rzeźba jako kod – chwyty retoryczne stosowane przez rzeźbiarza

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Władyka-Łuczak Z., Uniwersytet Łódzki W. F., Zofia Władyka-Łuczak – mgr sztuki r. i. p. n. Z. T. i. P. K. U., zet-zet@zet-zet.com.pl

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2015

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vol. 28

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issue 2

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The aim of the paper is to compare the formal organization of a visual message with the rhetorical devices used in verbal expression. This analysis is carried out based on the example of the sculpture Dual by Zbigniew Władyka. Creativity found in the rhetorical devices used in the sculpture Dual to trigger and amplify feelings proves that they can be used even in this form of artistic expression. Creativity in the analysed sculpture is represented by the unification of Germany, reflected in the form of the transformation of two characters into one. The sculpture is meant to inspire, to be an object (res) directing the viewer toward personal reflection, and invoking projections of fear and doubt, but also of confidence and courage. Confidence and courage are represented by a strong figure with a head, firmly standing on her feet. Fear and doubt are represented by a weak figure, carried by the first one. The centripetal composition used in the sculpture suggests merger rather than destruction. The sensory perception of the viewer is controlled by directional tensions, which lead the viewer’s sight along designated linear directions. As described earlier by S. Witkiewicz, directional tensions and motionless substance correspond to a rhetorical enlarging and diminishing. By interacting with the sculpture, you can experience these devices. Not only visualization is at work here, as in verbal communication, but also physical experience. The presented analysis shows that a sculptural work of art can be analysed in a similar way to verbal communication. Of course, not all verbal devices have their counterparts in visual communication, but the basic content and emotions can be expressed regardless of the code.

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Sculpture as a Code – Rhetorical Devices Used by the Sculptor

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Władyka-Łuczak Z.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2016

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vol. 35

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issue 5

239-252

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The aim of the paper is to compare the formal organization of a visual message with the rhetorical devices used in a verbal message. This analysis is carried out based on the example of the sculpture Dual by Zbigniew Władyka. The creativity found in the rhetorical devices used in the sculpture Dual to trigger and amplify feelings proves that they can be employed even in this form of artistic expression. Creativity in the analysed sculpture is represented by German reunification, reflected in the form of the transformation of two characters into one. The sculpture is meant to inspire, to be an object (res) directing the viewer toward personal reflection, and invoking projections of fear and doubt, but also of confidence and courage. Confidence and courage are represented by a strong figure with a head, firmly standing on its feet. Fear and doubt are represented by a weak figure, carried by the first one. The centripetal composition used in the sculpture suggests merger rather than destruction. The sensory perception of the viewer is controlled by directional tensions, which lead the viewer’s sight along designated linear directions. As described earlier by Witkiewicz, directional tensions and motionless substance correspond to a rhetorical enlarging and diminishing. By interacting with the sculpture, you can experience these devices. Not only visualization is at work here, as in verbal communication, but also physical experience. The presented analysis shows that a sculptural work of art can be analysed in a similar way to verbal communication. Of course, not all verbal devices have their counterparts in visual communication, but the basic content and emotions can be expressed regardless of the code.

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Artistic Inspiration: Initiation of an Artistic Communication

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Władyka-Łuczak Z.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2019

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vol. 54

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issue 3

223-236

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Przedstawiony artykuł to próba odpowiedzi na pytanie: Kiedy i z jakiego powodu pojawia się inicjacja przekazu artystycznego?Analiza kierująca do końcowego wniosku została przeprowadzona na podstawie autoetnograficznej analizy z procesu tworzenia Pomnika Początków Miasta Łodzi. Głównym jej wątkiem było poszukiwanie granicy pomiędzy stanem przedtwórczym a twórczym w trakcie pracy artysty nad dziełem.Z przeprowadzonej analizy wynika, że: „Niezależnie od tego, czy pracuję nad rzeźbą, która została zlecona, czy rzeźbię tylko dla siebie, proces inicjacji stanów przedtwórczych i twórczych wygląda podobnie. Zawsze rozpoczynam pracę od zgromadzenia materiałów. Postępuję tak, jak chcą tego konstruktywiści, przeprowadzam rozpoznanie elementów odnoszących się do różnorakich systemów dyferencyjnych. […] Mam świadomość, że oczekiwany stan przejścia ze stanu przedtwórczego do twórczego może nastąpić w każdej chwili. Dzisiaj, po wielu latach, już wiem, że nie warto oceniać wartości zebranych materiałów, inicjacja stanu twórczego i tak przyjdzie sama”. Istotą zainicjowania postawy twórczej jest wykształcenie umiejętności obserwacji otaczającej artystę rzeczywistości, a co istotniejsze – wykształcenie umiejętności wydobywania z niej tego, co już w całym tym skomplikowanym procesie jest tym, co zwykliśmy nazywać inspiracją. Granica stanu przedtwórczego a twórczego powstaje w chwili, w której artysta podejmuje decyzję o przeniesieniu zauważonego fragmentu rzeczywistości do tworzonego właśnie dzieła. Ocena wartości dzieła sztuki to osobne zagadnienie, które w artykule zostało pominięte.

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The article is an attempt to answer the question: When and why is artistic communication initiated?The analysis which leads to the final conclusion was conducted on the basis of an autoethnographic analysis of the process of creating Pomnik Początków Miasta Łodzi (Monument to the Beginnings of Łódź). Its main element was the search for the border between the pre-creative and the creative states during an artist’s work. The analysis indicated that: “Regardless of whether I am working on a sculpture which was commissioned or a sculpture for myself, the processes of triggering precreative and creative states are similar. I always begin work by collecting the material. I work as constructivists would like me to: I study the elements which refer to various differentiation systems. [...] I am aware of the fact that the expected transition from the pre-creative to the creative state can happen at any moment. Today, after many years, I already know that it is not worth evaluating the gathered material – the triggering of the creative state is going to happen either way.” The core of triggering the creative attitude is the development of the skills for observing the reality which surrounds an artist, and even more importantly: the development of the skills of extracting from it that which we are used to calling inspiration in the whole complex process. The line between the pre-creative and creative states emerges in the moment when an artist decides to transfer a fragment of the reality they noticed to the work of art they are creating. The evaluation of a work of art is a completely different issue, which was omitted in this article.

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Sculpture as a Code – Rhetorical Devices Used by the Sculptor

Rzeźba jako kod – chwyty retoryczne stosowane przez rzeźbiarza

Sculpture as a Code – Rhetorical Devices Used by the Sculptor

Artistic Inspiration: Initiation of an Artistic Communication