{"id":3621,"date":"2025-09-15T11:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/l-artquarium.ch\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:50:47","slug":"summer-courses-2025-ferrieres-en-gatinais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/l-artquarium.ch\/en\/stages-ete-2025-ferrieres-en-gatinais\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer training 2025 at Ferri\u00e8res-en-G\u00e2tinais"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spatial ambiguity &amp; Golden number<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From July 7 to 11, 2025, an intensive cycle was devoted to two pillars of pictorial language:\u00a0<strong>spatial ambiguity<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>the golden ratio<\/strong>. These courses have alternated theoretical contributions, painting analyses, guided exercises and personalized feedback, in order to anchor concrete tools directly applicable to painting practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Theme 1 - Spatial ambiguity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"EXTRACT AMBIGUITE v4\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1109705576?h=97b18d86d6&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong>&nbsp;to go beyond the \u00abclassical\u00bb depths inherited from the Renaissance and introduce a new dimension.&nbsp;<strong>lively visual movement<\/strong>on the painted surface.<br><strong>Key contents<\/strong>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reminder of\u00a0<strong>depth representation laws<\/strong>\u00a0to better understand what ambiguity transforms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Origins and contributions of\u00a0<strong>Japanese prints<\/strong>\u00a0in Western modernity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case studies (Matisse, Hartung, Rothko, Soulages) to identify the processes that trigger ambiguity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practical exercises (e.g.\u00a0<strong>\u00abLe Rond et le Carr\u00e9\u00bb<\/strong>) for\u00a0<strong>activate<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>control<\/strong>\u00a0this phenomenon on the web.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skills acquired<\/strong>&nbsp;The ability to produce and dose spatial ambiguity, to enrich the internal dynamics of a painting, to create a flow of the eye that holds without relying solely on perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Theme 2 - The golden ratio<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"EXTRACT_NUMBER OF GOLD_SUB\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1111096040?h=f7d28c4706&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong>&nbsp;to give the work&nbsp;<strong>clear, solid compositional structure<\/strong>&nbsp;thanks to a plastic invariant present from Antiquity to contemporary art.<br><strong>Key contents<\/strong>&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The golden ratio as\u00a0<strong>space organization system<\/strong>, beyond simplistic recipes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installation of\u00a0<strong>proportional frames<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>rhythms<\/strong>\u00a0(circle, ellipse, spiral...) to articulate image sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysis of\u00a0<strong>The lion hunt<\/strong>\u00a0(Rubens): spirals, tensions, continuities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Method of\u00a0<strong>\u00abSimplified golden number\u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0for fast, intuitive use in everyday practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skills acquired<\/strong>&nbsp;composing with confidence, reinforcing the plastic unity and \u00abtenu\u00bb of the image, installing a&nbsp;<strong>prior harmony<\/strong>&nbsp;before coloring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pedagogy and sequence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Constant focus on\u2019<strong>operational<\/strong>\u00a0Each session concludes with specific actions to be repeated in the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternance\u00a0<strong>theory \u2192 analysis of works \u2192 exercises \u2192 corrections<\/strong>\u00a0for gradual assimilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provision of\u2019<strong>examples<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>methods<\/strong>\u00a0that can be transposed into both figurative and abstract forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Review excerpts &amp; continue training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From&nbsp;<strong>video extracts<\/strong>&nbsp;from these courses are available to extend learning and review essential technical points.<br>Two ways to continue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Online courses<\/strong>\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/culturepeinture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Painting Culture<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(flexible pace, structured content).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Face-to-face courses<\/strong>\u00a0at the workshop\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/l-artquarium.ch\">Artquarium<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(accompanied practice, corrections on parts).<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From July 7 to 11, 2025, an intensive cycle was devoted to two pillars of pictorial language: spatial ambiguity and the golden ratio. 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