The philosophical usefulness of a definition of art has also been debated.” (Beardsley, 2007). Seeking originality or seeking to not be unique as a way to standout. It really doesn’t matter, as with beauty, art is in the eye of the beholder. The ever expanding ways to express one’s self is bewildering. A form of art that has always drawn in people has been works of satire, earlier forms to now have the purpose to have given
This all resulted in a society that for the first time was challenging the norm views about Christianity and revelation, science and the universe and even reality itself. While these pressures where part of a universal response to their contemporary times, T.S Eliot and Virginia Woolf embody their own unique ideas and inspirations in the different ways, through their individual, and seemingly unstructured, elite forms of art. Both of them push the boundaries of experience through formalist techniques, rather than merely representing an external reality as the only means of presenting their ideas. The writing style of modernism is very disrupted, and there is a significant lack of plot and in depth characterisation, which is prevalent in both Woolf’s “Mark on the Wall” which focuses mainly on an unidentified characters ever shifting thoughts, and Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, which uses structure and language rather than a strong plot to convey the authors thoughts. Instead of the traditional unity and coherence of plot and the cause-and-effect development of the story from there, modernist writers focused on the imperfect, ever changing thoughts of the narrator, whose depressing outlook on life generally led to them taking on
Eng301 Criticism Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities. Walter Benjamin, in relation to the effects of Art and Literature on society, speaks more often of visual Art then of literature, while Benedict Anderson speaks mainly on the effects of the written word. First it must be agreed that both Art and Literature are social forms of expression, for what is a painting, film, sculpture or photo without an audience. Similarly what is an epic poem, short story, or a religious text without both a writer and a reader.
("Art Deco", Encarta) Cubism, a movement in modern art, especially painting, that was primarily concerned with abstract forms rather than lifelike representation. ("Cubism", Encarta) Abstract Art, is art that uses forms having no direct reference to external or perceived reality. ("Abstract Art", Encarta) Realism, in art is an attempt to describe human behavior and surroundings or to represent figures and objects exactly as they appear in life. ("Realism", Encarta) There were many types of art in the 1920's, but the main ones were Impressionism, Art Deco, Cubism,
Salvador Dali’s World of Surrealism Is it possible for a single artist to open a whole new world beyond material things and go beyond the conscious mind? Surrealism can be defined as opening up one’s mind and accessing an unconscious world through any area of art. Salvador Dali is one of history’s greatest surrealist and progressive artists. There are many authors whom base their stories on mystery and dreams, however, Dali was able to do so through a whole other perspective; painting. Through the surrealism movement Salvador Dali who through his own interpretation discovered a new world based on the unconscious mind by portraying his ideas and thoughts on a canvas.
Essay question: "Technology changed art from being static, to forms that moved and tried to convey time." Discuss through the work and ideas of two artists. Artists today use different technologies to explore and create new forms of artistic expression. Whereas traditional artists used pencil, brushes and carving tools to create interesting works of art, today’s artists use sound, video, animation and computer generated images. A new form of art: digital art has evolved over the past few decades that has developed from simple shapes made using computer programmes to finite works of art.
Of all the movements in art and design history, Postmodernism is perhaps the most controversial. This era defies definition; ‘an unstable mix of theatrical and theoretical; postmodernism is a visually thrilling, multifaceted style that ranged from the colourful to the ruinous, the ludicrous to the luxurious’ (Postmodernism, Victoria and Albert museum). Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality. In essence, it stems from a recognition that reality is not simply mirrored in human understanding of it, but rather, is constructed as the mind tries to understand its own particular and
1. Sontagist camp and modernist posttextual theory In the works of Gaiman, a predominant concept is the concept of semanticist truth. However, Derrida promotes the use of precapitalist libertarianism to attack hierarchy. If one examines modernist posttextual theory, one is faced with a choice: either reject Sontagist camp or conclude that art is dead. Lyotard uses the term ‘Sontagist camp’ to denote the meaninglessness of structuralist class.
How would you go about justifying the production and dissemination of works of art? Are there particular works in theater, music, literature, dance, or the visual arts that provide evidence for your view? As you outline your position, make sure you address what some previous theorists have said on this topic, and how your answer differs from or develops their ideas. Historically, artists have been, and still are, the target of censorship efforts, often because of objections to the moral message carried by their work. In ancient and contemporary
Art Essay Modernism has been trough an evolution of styles and designs of sculptures, between the 1860’s and the 1970’s concluding at minimalism. Minimalism art accumulated and evolved from various modernist movements, where an experimentation of lively ideas and ways of visualising things by modern arts about the functions of art and nature by materials has allowed for fresh and varnishing new styles. The progression of art through Realists, Cubists and Dadaists influenced the ideas and background of minimalism (emerged during the 1960’s). Innovatory artists that have different perspectives of the world including Edgar Degas, Marcel Duchamp, Donald Judd and Pablo Picasso have influenced each other’s sculpture works. The artists explored art in “avande garde” (new and orginal ways), and made artworks, which were a catalyst for change within the world of art.