{"id":652,"date":"2015-02-11T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T00:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/?p=652"},"modified":"2015-02-11T17:35:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T00:35:02","slug":"form-over-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/archives\/652","title":{"rendered":"Form over Function."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard-300x227.png\" alt=\"Chess Board Detail\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard-300x227.png 300w, http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard-150x114.png 150w, http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard-290x218.png 290w, http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard-193x145.png 193w, http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chessboard.png 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s extremely jarring to see a chessboard that uses abstract symbology for its pieces rather than gendered\/role based imagery. It&#8217;s a foreign thing, and as someone introduced to chess through its usual Western depiction I&#8217;d find it extremely difficult to play not having the rather opaque imagery typically depicted.<\/p>\n<p>Birth of the Chess Queen builds an interesting argument on the use of imagery as a reflection of culture; looking at this picture it&#8217;s easy to understand that this chess set was made for its portability and functionality as a game. Compact, differentiated pieces that are easy to carry. A folding board. Possibly showing that Chess is a much more social game than what was to be assumed.<\/p>\n<p>The ornateness of the board and the pieces also indicate a level of craftsmanship and detail, even among its relatively simple design. Chess has become a collectible commodity throughout history, and it&#8217;s interesting to see part of that commodification be in its functionality rather than its form.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It&#8217;s extremely jarring to see a chessboard that uses abstract symbology for its pieces rather than gendered\/role based imagery. It&#8217;s a foreign thing, and as someone introduced to chess through its usual Western depiction I&#8217;d find it extremely difficult to play not having the rather opaque imagery typically depicted. Birth of the Chess Queen&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/archives\/652\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sintellectual.org\/hstr491\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}