Acht gezichten op het meer van Longemer before 1898

This is a print by A. Thiriat, titled "Acht gezichten op het meer van Longemer", or "Eight Views of Lake Longemer," a black and white image printed on a page that is part of a book. The page is split in two with one side blank, the other containing eight views, each framed differently—squares and a circle—and angled on the page. It is this arrangement that suggests a semiotic system at work. The lake becomes a signifier, its meaning altered by each framing. The formal composition destabilizes any fixed reading. The structure suggests we reconsider how we look at and understand a landscape when it is presented in fragmented views. Consider how the shifting perspectives might deconstruct conventional landscape art by challenging the idea of a single, coherent viewpoint. These visual strategies serve not only aesthetic purposes but also engage with larger philosophical questions about perception and representation.