# Is there a name for this painting composition technique?

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**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244 "2003-11-09T16:28:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/1 "2003-11-09T16:28:53Z")

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[Chad Robertson - In the Moment - Sunspace Gallery](http://www.sixspace.com/gallery/robertson2003/images.html)

Specifically the “untitled” series of face portraits in the lower section of the page.

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**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/2 "2003-11-09T16:38:45Z")

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I wouldn’t call it a “technique”: it’s just his style (I’m no authority in the field of fine art, but the word “technique” would apply to the methods and materials he uses, which seem pretty straightforward here).  
It’s pretty impressive, IMHO.

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/3 "2003-11-09T16:46:32Z")

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I don’t know what he calls it but I call it Pretty Disturbing

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**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/4 "2003-11-09T16:51:42Z")

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I don’t know of this one, but if I could re-phrase your question, I think you’re looking for, What “-ism” are these paintings?  
Cubism  
impressionism  
etc

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/5 "2003-11-09T18:22:49Z")

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more of a gimmick than a technique. Replicating in paint a double-exposed photo.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/6 "2003-11-09T19:57:01Z")

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Reminds me of futurism, kind of, the multiple take thing

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**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-painting-composition-technique/212244/7 "2003-11-09T20:21:26Z")

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I see it as a kind of photo-realism, what with the double exposure thing going on.