ART and appropriate elevation (where ground=0)

[FnG]magnolia · 24 Sep 2023 at 22:33

Hi.

At what level should an ART be in my house? A curator friend of ours - and no, this is not a joke - believes the correct elevation from ground for ART is at eye level which on first review appears valid but does not account for differing physical heights of ART viewers. Why must ART suffer because of poor stature, for example?

I will include a poll template shortly because this must end, once and for all.

A - 50cm
B - 75cm
C- 1m
E - 1.25meters
D - 1.5m
F - 1.75m
F - 2.0m

Thank you.

GreatAuk · 24 Sep 2023 at 22:36

F - 2.0m because you truly are a giant among forum posters, and I think the art should be at a giant's eye level.

dlockers · 24 Sep 2023 at 22:42

I recently hung an art at >50cm but less than <2m. It seems satisfactory.

drakulton · 24 Sep 2023 at 22:52

An art? Oh dear.

FBi7 · 24 Sep 2023 at 22:58

G - Permaban

Tee Hee Johnson · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:06

Slow weekend?

[FnG]magnolia said:
Hi.

At what level should an ART be in my house? A curator friend of ours - and no, this is not a joke - believes the correct elevation from ground for ART is at eye level which on first review appears valid but does not account for differing physical heights of ART viewers. Why must ART suffer because of poor stature, for example?

I will include a poll template shortly because this must end, once and for all.

A - 50cm
B - 75cm
C- 1m
E - 1.25meters
D - 1.5m
F - 1.75m
F - 2.0m

Thank you.

Quartz · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:09

[FnG]magnolia said:
At what level should an ART be in my house?

Serious answer: at whatever level pleases you. But it depends upon the artwork (sculpture, painting, etc), how much space you have, and how many items you have. My mother is an artist and she had to stack her paintings three or four high to display as many of the ones she liked as possible.

dlockers · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:14

Tee Hee Johnson said:
Slow weekend?

It is Monday in mordor

dlockers · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:15

Quartz said:
Serious answer: at whatever level pleases you. But it depends upon the artwork (sculpture, painting, etc), how much space you have, and how many items you have. My mother is an artist and she had to stack her paintings three or four high to display as many of the ones she liked as possible.

If they are stacked on top of each other than how does one see the the bottom piece?

Quartz · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:18

dlockers said:
If they are stacked on top of each other than how does one see the the bottom piece?

By looking down. They were three or four high on the wall.

Thekwango · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:20

[FnG]magnolia said:
Hi.

At what level should an ART be in my house? A curator friend of ours - and no, this is not a joke - believes the correct elevation from ground for ART is at eye level which on first review appears valid but does not account for differing physical heights of ART viewers. Why must ART suffer because of poor stature, for example?

I will include a poll template shortly because this must end, once and for all.

A - 50cm
B - 75cm
C- 1m
E - 1.25meters
D - 1.5m
F - 1.75m
F - 2.0m

Thank you.

What about size of said Art, viewing distance from said Art. My God man have you given this no consideration.

Hagar · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:22

There is low ART and there is high ART. Michaelangelo painted ceilings which should be considered high ART. Whereas Macro the mosaic builder was low, low, low, lowwww.

tom_nieto · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:35

It is most important that art is well hung.

Pawnless Endgame · 24 Sep 2023 at 23:47

How long is a piece of string?

NVP · 25 Sep 2023 at 00:24

And would you level parallel to the ceiling or the floor/furniture? Or even call on the spirit to level upon the earth?

Minusorange · 25 Sep 2023 at 00:31

It needs to be measured from the ceiling walls

Hotwired · 25 Sep 2023 at 02:56

Shoes are the great leveller.

Level: Hans Hemmert's Same-Height Shoes

Ankle breakers didn't seem to catch on for some reason.

Mr Badger · 25 Sep 2023 at 03:12

Quartz said:
My mother is an artist and she had to stack her paintings three or four high to display as many of the ones she liked as possible.

dlockers said:
If they are stacked on top of each other than how does one see the the bottom piece?

Maybe you could at least pretend to be interested in the art before focusing on his mum's bottom piece...

Rroff · 25 Sep 2023 at 03:18

Depends, if hanging portraits of one's ancestors the only proper way is so their eye line is above head height so they can look down disapprovingly on future generations.

Mason- · 25 Sep 2023 at 08:56

The painting in my lounge, the frame starts a few inches below the picture rail, which is 15 inches from the ceiling.

Ok.