What is the relationship between conceptual art and postmodernism? Is it the final phase of modernism or a part of the shift to postmodernism? This essay will firstly discuss the formation of conceptual art in cultural, social and historical context and analyse its development and core attributes; secondly explain how photography developed in that period as a medium and how it is utilised in conceptual art; and lastly explore the interactive relationships among modernism, conceptual art and postmodernism. Conceptual art as a word was firstly used by Henry Flynt in 1961 (Lippard, 1973, p. 258), but there were several pre-historical artists such as Marcel Duchamp and their works pioneered conceptual art territory in as early as 1920’s. It is not until late 1960’s that this movement gained momentum and reached its height.
A modernist, Strand was highly influenced by Alfred Stieglitz and Charles Sheeler. His work had a huge impact on the f/64 school of photographers (Ansel Adams, Edward Weston etc). In 1915 he started working with large format cameras (then referred to as “straight photography”). Combining elements of abstraction and reality in his compositions, Strand began to develop his own personal style. Heavily influenced by Stieglitz and Charles Sheeler, his subject matter ranged from architectural pictures, portraits and still life
INTRODUCTION This essay seeks to relate the philosophy of “the decisive moment, by Henri Cartier-Bresson, and its use in the street photography .The study makes a brief review of the history of photography and how its evolution has influenced the development of this concept is known to today as well as the use of black and white photography in photojournalism and street photography. The photography trough the decades The photograph, taken by Walter Benjamin (1992) the first truly revolutionary means of reproduction, transformed the way that humanity sees the world and, consequently, how to look for each other, be they near or far. The images that come to us through the eyes of street photographers help us build a reality and interfere with the vision we have of the world. Unlike the speed that comes audiovisual images, photography allows us to stop, look and reflect. The photography appears in Europe in the mid nineteenth century as part of the huge scientific development within a context of social, cultural and economic changes promoted by the Industrial Revolution.
A documentary photographer would attempt to produce a truthful objective, usually the photographs would be of a particular subject, and the pictures would more than likely be of people. The artists I have chosen to discuss in my essay are Lewis Hine and Robert Frank: - Lewis Hine (b.September 26,1874 – d.November 3,1940) was an American sociologist who took up photography in 1905 and used it as a ‘documentary tool’, to show the working class conditions of the poor immigrants from Europe. From 1911-191 he toured the United States as an official photographer for the National Labour Committee, where he depicted in a sensitive and heart-rending manner the plight of children working in the mills. He often hid his camera so that he could take authentic photographs, and had first to lean how to get a presentable picture without using flash. (1) Robert Frank (b.November 9, 1924) was a Swiss photographer that was not only famous for his photography work, but also for his film work, arguable to date his most famous film is “Cocksucker Blues”(3) a film about the rock band the Rolling Stones on
And then, I will further my research by examining how the masterpiece has been reproduced under different contexts. Fig 1. Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (1503) The meanings are produced through a complex social relationship that involves at least two elements besides the image itself and its producer: (1) how viewers interpret or experience the image and (2) the context in which an image is seen. (Sturken & Cartwright, 2001, p45) According to Diane Shipley DeCillis, the owner of Southfield gallery, Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the history of art and continues to inspire reproduction, parody, scientific theory, and more. Thus, I think Mona Lisa is the most suitable artwork for me to mediate different meanings produced since the Renaissance until the postmodern world.
In the history of art, on the other hand, the student of modernism can expect to run a gamut from the French painting of the 1860s to the American art of a century later and may even be directed as far back as the later 18th century (Modernism, 2003). When I was reading the information about Romanticism in the text Gardner’s art through the ages, I became fascinated by a painting I saw, “The Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On).” This oil on canvas painting was
Impact of Photography Webster's Dictionary defines photography as the process of producing images on a surface sensitive to light. Others refer to the camera as a "mirror with a memory" and would agree that a "picture is worth a thousand words". Before photography, written words were the primary form of mass communication and drawings and paintings were the primary form of art, entertainment and record keeping. However, in the 16th century the world experienced a shift when ways to preserve images were introduced. The first form of a camera was the “camera obscura”, a small windowless box with pinholes on each side which creates an image of the scene outside on a canvas inside the camera ("Photography").
Modernism Essay Modernism was an artistic and philosophical movement between the 19th and 20th century. The movement covers a variety of artistic styles, ideas and cultures including Impressionism, Secessionism, Post Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Surrealism and Pop Art. Each of these movements has influenced how Modern Art is portrayed and how it will continue to evolve in the future. The pioneers of these ‘isms’ struggled for innovation and were characterized as Avant-Garde. The first inkling of Modernism came after the French Academy refused 5000 works.
What is photo story? by Abir Abdullah, Pathshala - Bjerkely Workshop 2009 A photo story is very simply a collection of images that are placed in a specific order to tell the progression of events, emotions, and concepts (A concept is a generalized idea of a thing or class of things).. Each individual photo contributes to the overall story, theme, and emotions of the essay. The photos you choose must not only be compositionally and artistically strong, but also informative and educational. There are two types of photo story: The narrative: It tells a story through a sequence of events or actions. They may follow an individual or activity over a period of time and present this story in chronological order.
The cultures of different ages and regions have produced art through a vast range of mediums. Each of these mediums of art reflects the world, as seen by the creator, at that precise time which is, basically, the definition of the word “culture”. Wordnet, created by Princeton University, defines culture as “a particular society at a particular time and place”. Going back to the cave paintings of long ago, we learn of the surroundings, way of life, dress, nourishment, and even conflicts known to the generation of humans living at that time. This was their culture.