1. Fundamentals
Chapter 1.5
Time and Motion

2. Time

3. The Passage of Time:
“Continuous Narrative”
Motion of the Sun

4. Fig. 1.5.1. Workshop of the Master of Osservanza [Sano di Pietro?],
The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul, ca

5. Masaccio [Italian, 1401–1428], The Tribute Money, ca. 1427
Masaccio [Italian, 1401–1428], The Tribute Money, ca Fresco, 8 ft. 1 in. x 19 ft. 7 in. (2.5 x 6 m). Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence.

6. Fig. 1. 5. 2. Nancy Holt, Solar Rotary, 1995
Fig Nancy Holt, Solar Rotary, Aluminum, concrete, and meteorite.

7. The Six Attributes of Time:
Duration
Tempo
Intensity
Scope
Setting
Chronology

8. Fig. 1.5.3. Thomas Edison and W. K. Dickson, Fred Ott’s Sneeze, 1894.
Still frames from kinetoscope film.

9. Motion

10. Communicating Motion:
Implied Motion
The Illusion of Motion
Stroboscopic Motion
Actual Motion

11. Implied Motion

12. Fig. 1. 5. 4. Gialorenzo Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1622-24
Fig Gialorenzo Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, Carrera Marble.

13. Balla, Giacomo; Rhythm of the Violinist; 1912; Oil on canvas, 52 x 75 cm.

14. Marcel Duchamp [French, 1887–1968], Nude Descending a Staircase (No
Marcel Duchamp [French, 1887–1968], Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2), Oil on canvas, 57 7/8 x 35 1/8 in

15. The Illusion of Motion

16. 1.5.6. Jenny Holzer, Untitled [Selections from Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, The Living Series,
Under a Rock, Laments and Child Text] Extended helical tricolor LED display.

17. Fig. 1.5.7. Bridget Riley, Cataract 3, 1967. PVA on canvas.

18. Stroboscopic Motion

19. Zoetrope, 19th Century.

20. Zoetrope in motion

21. Fig. 1.5.9. Walt Disney Pictures, frame from Finding Nemo, 2003.

22. Scene from Finding Nemo

23. Fig. 1.5.10. Tom Tykwer, scene from Run Lola Run, 1998.

24. Scene from Run Lola Run, showing the importance of motion.

25. Actual Motion

26. Fig. 1.5.11. Blue Man Group perform at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas.

27. Fig. 1.5.12. Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1976. Aluminum and steel.

28. Time and Motion in Photography: Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother

35. Fig. 1.5.14. Suzanne Anker, Astroculture [Shelf Life], 2009. Aluminum,
plastic, red and blue LED lights, plants, water, soil, and no pesticides.

36. Fig. 1.5.15. Ron Lambert, Sublimate [Cloud Cover], 2004.
Water, vinyl, humidifiers, steel, aluminum, and acrylic.

37. Mesolithic period. Valltorta, Valencia, Spain.
Fig Hunting Scene, painting from Cova dels Cavalls [Horses Cave],
Mesolithic period. Valltorta, Valencia, Spain.