Week 6, Dorothee Catipon, Texture

Pictured below is the world's largest pop-up book in the world within the Rotunda of the LA Central Public Library! (Go check it out if you have the chance!) I hadn't known about the pop-up book beforehand, so it was truly astounding to see in person. There is so much visual texture in the room alone, with the murals across all sides of the upper walls, the designs on the ceiling, the lighting fixture (which is actually quite small in comparison to everything else), and the book itself.

Seeing the illustrations of the book, Luceros y Penumbras, truly took me back to my early childhood and reading books in similar art styles like this. The brushstrokes were seen in such clear detail, like the hatching on the tree, the fur on the wolf, and the bold outlines on all of the objects. The lighting indicated by the textures within the book were so interesting to me because I forgot that's where I initially understood how people interpreted lighting (especially in traditional visual art). The one little lighting fixture also wasn't necessary in the afternoon with all of the windows doing much of the work, but the glow from the bulbs surrounding the globe gave a nice warmth above the tree.