What each kind of art knowledge does, and how to tell them apart in an artwork

What this note covers

1. Two kinds of knowledge, two different operations
2. How constructed knowledge enters an artwork
3. How imaginative knowledge produces insight
4. Read the two kinds together
5. Use the distinction to plan experiments
6. Distinguish the terms in exam analysis
7. Worked reading: a measured archive that becomes a speculative memorial
8. Worked making sequence: separate evidence, translation and invention

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes