Disadvantages Of Simulacrum

In today’s society, we are constantly being bombarded with visual art forms. Whether they be classical paintings from the Renaissance, a towering and modern skyscraper, or even a cheesy 90’s R&B music video, they all have one thing in common. According to Carolyn Dean’s definition, these would all fall under the category of “art by intention.” In her essay “The Trouble with (The Term) Art” she advocates a distinction between art by intention and what she deems “art by appropriation.” The difference is that one work was created with the intention of being consumed for visual pleasure, while the other was not. However having been educated in the Western school of thought, many art historians cannot help but project their rigid definition of art onto civilizations that may have

The social media platform that I will be using is Pinterest. My username will be a variation of my name because I want my Pinterest to be personal and reflect my life as a student; therefore, I will not use anonymity. As I signed up, I noticed that pinterest has the option to sign in with either a Google Plus or Facebook account in addition to using your email and creating a password. This shows me that many people who sign up use their real persona and name and most likely are not using the website anonymously.

“Modes of Expression” that give way to cost-effective “mass production” systems such as “Poster Art,” so that copies of AfriCobra pieces can be available to everyone and,

This relationship between creator and consumer, and how the consumer’s involvement is responsible for authenticating social identities is best understood in terms of what Alfred Gell calls the art nexus. In his book Art and Agency, Gell’s theory of the art nexus considers the living presence response where viewers, or recipients, react to works of art as if they are living beings or even persons, that in turn act back upon the viewer, entering into a personal relationship with them that elicit a feeling or reaction. Through the art nexus, Gell demonstrates how art objects are able to embody intentionalities and facilitate agency. The art nexus becomes a network of social relations, mediating the push and pull

Visual content is obviously gaining immense popularity and influence in the entire realm of social media. The majority of users of Pinterest are teens and young adults. The users of these visual forms of social media is the future community of consumers. Even with the versatile features, Facebook

Pinterest is a photo sharing website and mobile application that was released in 2010. The CEO of the company, Ben Silbermann, says Pinterest is a “catalog of ideas” and the saying is now used as the company’s slogan (https://about.pinterest.com/en, 2016). “In 2012, the website became the first website in history to break through the ten million unique visitor mark and it became the 3rd largest social networking website surpassing Tagged, and LinkedIn” (Matthews, 2015). The whole idea is to show people a wide variety of things to let them try and have new experiences.

Sharing on Pinterest means creating boards that will be of interest to others. If you're purely promotional all the time, people will stop following your boards. There are group boards you can join if you are sharing interesting knowledge in your niche.

In decadence, important is not necessarily what is seen, but the hermeneutics: what man feels when he sees the creative result of this feeling. It is the current that requires a co-operation from the public to the artistic work for the purposes of re-creation.

Berger highlights this difference by giving examples of Mrs. Siddons by Gainsborough and Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe which, although have outstanding elements of a painting but fail to be ‘objects of envy’.

Miss Emily and Madame, two “guardians” at Hailsham, have founded the school and this gallery in order to prove that the clones indeed are humans, have souls, and that creating them for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs is immoral. The gallery is not the best way to prove that Hailsham students have souls, because visual art is just one specific method of self-expression. Miss Emily and Madame might choose this particular method of proof because visual art is usually considered proof of creativity, a fundamentally human quality. Human have made art for thousands of years, beginning with cave paintings. Since then, art has earned a place of value in cultures across the world, connecting it with the human experience.

Our first stop was Pinterest. We walked in, and immediately saw couches covered with Pinterest and Keyboard themed pillows completed with a soft wooden theme. Directly behind the lobby area was a glass window that framed the workspace of the building – an open space filled with all types of artwork, collages, a board to “pin” up milestones, lights – exactly what a you imagine a physical “Pinterest” to look like.

The information in an annotated bibliography is built upon scholarly review and recognition by those in a similar designated field of study. In Pinterest, the first pins on the board set the tone, and the floodgates open for a rush of ideas. This collaborative nature allows the research to move as a group conversation among individuals of all backgrounds . Given the popular appeal and brevity of Pinterest’s language, it may not be applicable for very specific topics.  (I’m researching the American state of awareness in regards to their

At first glance, Pop Art might seem to glorify popular culture by elevating soup cans, comic strips and hamburgers to the status of fine art on the walls of museums. But, then again, a second look may suggest a critique of the mass marketing practices and consumer culture that emerged in the United States after World War II. Andy Warhol’s Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962) clearly reflects this inherent irony of Pop. The central image on a gold background evokes a religious tradition of painted icons, transforming the Hollywood starlet into a Byzantine Madonna that reflects our

Art is all around us. There are many different forms of art. It can be something created, captured, or it can be already existent. Not a single person is to say what makes something art because there is a different definition for everyone. However, there are a couple factors that come into mind whenever someone decides to declare something as art. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting four different pieces of art. I will be discussing each art piece’s form, time period of creation, intention or purpose, and value. These four pieces of art are Michelangelo’s Pieta, Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko’s No.61, and the “Oyster Dress” by Alexander McQueen. These works of art come in all different shapes and sizes but they are valued

Benjamin’s death in 1940 at the age of 48, is rumored to be a suicide when the Naza’s took office, but is still a mystery. His ideas and concepts however, would live on for decades to come. Much of what he wrote about when discussing art came essentially after the development of photography and film. In his work, “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Benjamin addresses his perception of the changes in art and the aesthetic experience congruent with societal changes. He writes with concern of how the great artworks are viewed after the introduction of photography and film. His idea of mechanical reproduction changed the art world as society knew it, particularly in how the public views artwork and the value of that work as more and more people are able to own, view and discuss it. This paper will specifically look at aspects of Benjamin’s groundbreaking essay and how educators can relate his ideas to the practices in their art classrooms.