Today we had a lecture on a selection of movements and types of art through all of history. they were explained in depth so that we could understand what the artist was trying to communicate through the piece or what became of certain pieces of art.
We were first shown cave paintings from 20,000 BC and the link with Modern art such as pieces by Cy Twombly (2001), both were connected with the use of mark making and both wanted to communicate something through these gestures. Richard Long's piece 'Red Earth Circle' which was displayed in the Pompidou Centre in 1989 but caused controversy due to cultural appropriation and the divide between first world and third world people.
The Mona Lisa has been decided to be the most famous painting in the world, why is it this famous? this is emphasised by being kept behind bulletproof glass and a rope barrier. As soon as you enter the Louvre there are directions and signs to the painting. We also looked out how art sparks reactions with people, it is interesting seeing the public's reaction to the Mona Lisa, there are always huge crowds of tourists with their phones out taking selfies or pictures of it. They only experience it through their phone, maybe to just prove they were there or to boast that they have seen it, instead of genuinely admiring the painting. Gallery shops often contain Mona Lisa souvenirs, does this make the painting less famous? instead of taking ourselves to the painting the painting then comes to us and is around us.
This is why some galleries or exhibitions won't allow people to take images of paintings, as they can be distributed and viewed globally without the gallery having any control.
The last part of the lecture was about how artists send powerful messages through artwork. To start off we looked at American Politics posters by Shepard Fairey, He created the hope poster of Obama and then changed his own design a few years later when he possibly lost faith in him. He has since done a mockery poster in the same style of Donald Trump stating 'nope' instead of hope.
Another example is war photography, this photographer had no power when villages were getting attacked so photographed civilians a second before death, these images created very powerful emotions when being viewed as it is the last recorded document of all of these people existing. The effect of this links in with Victorian post-mortem photography, where people after death were dressed up and photographed so that they could be remembered and live forever.
We were first shown cave paintings from 20,000 BC and the link with Modern art such as pieces by Cy Twombly (2001), both were connected with the use of mark making and both wanted to communicate something through these gestures. Richard Long's piece 'Red Earth Circle' which was displayed in the Pompidou Centre in 1989 but caused controversy due to cultural appropriation and the divide between first world and third world people.
The Mona Lisa has been decided to be the most famous painting in the world, why is it this famous? this is emphasised by being kept behind bulletproof glass and a rope barrier. As soon as you enter the Louvre there are directions and signs to the painting. We also looked out how art sparks reactions with people, it is interesting seeing the public's reaction to the Mona Lisa, there are always huge crowds of tourists with their phones out taking selfies or pictures of it. They only experience it through their phone, maybe to just prove they were there or to boast that they have seen it, instead of genuinely admiring the painting. Gallery shops often contain Mona Lisa souvenirs, does this make the painting less famous? instead of taking ourselves to the painting the painting then comes to us and is around us.
This is why some galleries or exhibitions won't allow people to take images of paintings, as they can be distributed and viewed globally without the gallery having any control.
The last part of the lecture was about how artists send powerful messages through artwork. To start off we looked at American Politics posters by Shepard Fairey, He created the hope poster of Obama and then changed his own design a few years later when he possibly lost faith in him. He has since done a mockery poster in the same style of Donald Trump stating 'nope' instead of hope.
Another example is war photography, this photographer had no power when villages were getting attacked so photographed civilians a second before death, these images created very powerful emotions when being viewed as it is the last recorded document of all of these people existing. The effect of this links in with Victorian post-mortem photography, where people after death were dressed up and photographed so that they could be remembered and live forever.
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