The Emergence Machine

Image

abstract · Visual Arts · Level 10 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

image emerges from form. It requires art.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “image” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “image”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
imago
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0ImageArtSkillLearningVisual… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesFilmL11Lgbt StereotypesL11PrintL11CgiL13Matte PaintingL13ImageL10StructureL2VisualL7ArtL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    Understanding structure is essential for grasping image
  • Visual L7 (requires)
    A visual form or structure: image, created through form and art.
  • Art L9 (requires)
    A visual form or structure: image, created through form and art.

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