At first glance the chart with many arrows was confusing, but after realizing that it was a map documenting the different changes in art I was able to understand it better. The use of arrows, dates, typography, and the colors red and black play a significant role in this map. If one of these elements were missing the chart would not work as cohesively.
In the reading it states that, "the idea is a curatorial map of historically ordered rooms in a metaphorical museum... consider all the arrows flowing in and out of CUBISM, a huge room with the largest label." Once reading this I began to see the flow of the "different rooms" and how they interacted together. This metaphor is not one I would have thought of right away, but could get to pretty easily. It is a very simple yet complex map showing influences and fluexes in art.
Later in the reading there is an illustration of a large tree/garden, it exemplifies the beginning of art and which artists where the most influencial. It also then give branch offs of new upcoming artists then and holds somethings such as subject matter down. I found this illustration to be very effectful, and easier to understand that the map with arrows. It was able to show the information with the different importances varying in size. If I had to choose one style over the next I would choose the illustration.
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