Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Where does your eye focus? where does the composition direct you? To me it makes my eyes scatter I look everywhere theres no pattern for my eyes to follow so why should I read Stein's poems as if I were reading a normal poem? And just like this painting every time I read a poems differently I noticed something I didn't notice before. I want achieve what Picasso achieved but backwards. He took something that is 3d and fit it into a 2d space; I want to take these Poems that are normally printed on a flat surface and with flat letter. The words need depths, or at least the illusion of depth by using perspective. Words/phase will have some force perspective and using the this depth to express her poems. Here are some examples:
I am still working on how I will execute this concept but think this idea will add to Stein's approach to literature. As far as typefaces I am still in search for the right typefaces but so far I am leaning towards serifed types. For the the actual poems I will look for something clean it will help with the force perspective and make it easier to read. For titles I want a typeface that compliments Picasso's Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler as it will be the artwork that I want to base the cover on. this typeface won't be as clean make a bit angular similar to the lines in the painting.
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