Ambiguity and Meaning Principle Definition:
Ambiguity and Meaning Principle: One of the six principles of shaping that lead to visual logic. This principle draws the artist's attention to a provable characteristic of perception; that all configurations are liable to more than one interpretation. All configurations must therefore be regarded as always uncertain or indefinite in meaning in the process of being effectively shaped. Inner significance, functional value or a purposeful pattern can only be discovered and developed in an art work when its continual ambiguity is accepted. Overly predicative and verbally derived goals for a work of art can blind the artist to its visual potentials. These potentials become apparent during the shaping process.
Ambiguity and Meaning Principle
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