About: Serial variation

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@idthe:SerialVariation
typevad:Art, vad:ArtCriticism, vad:ArtHistory, rdfs:Resource, vad:VisualAnalysis, vad:VisualArts, skos:Concept, vad:ContextualAnalysis
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definitionAn artistic method in which a body of work is developed through systematic variation of parameters across a sequence of related pieces, generating meaning through accumulation and difference.
editorial noteDistinct from Serial Development in that variation does not imply directional progression or refinement. The series generates meaning laterally — through accumulation of difference within an established visual language — rather than through improvement toward a goal. See also: Serial Development.
inSchemethe:WatercolorCriticismScheme
labelSerial variation
scope noteApplies to practices where individual works function both independently and as elements within a larger investigative sequence, as in Judd, LeWitt, or Monet's series paintings.
skos:altLabelSerial practice, Systematic series
skos:exactMatchSerial_art



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