I am not sure if I agree with Elkins when he says history kills. From a physical standpoint, history literally can’t kill you. It can definitely bore you, but it will not kill your physical self. Now from a mental standpoint, history could indulge you, take over your mind and in some rare scenarios drive a person insane, but again, history itself cannot kill you. So when Elkins states on page 107, that history kills but kills slowly, I disagree. However, I do find his quotes comparing history to being equal to a drug very compelling. He says, “Like a drug, history takes me out of myself, saves me from myself. It’s safe, it’s calm, it’s entertaining. It’s very pleasureful. It has all the traits of a deadly drug. History is an addiction and there …show more content…
It can be a form of “escape” into a totally different world that is only a figment of ones own imagination. While there are texts and books that tell us what occurred in the past, we are still able to indulge ourselves in this “historical drug” and put any sort of twist or interpretation that we, as readers, find more appealing. Art history, by definition is just the study and interpretation of all studies, paintings or sculptures in relation to art. Elkins states his point fairly straight forward. He essentially states that one must have an educated background and have studied the particular painting or sculpture before seeing it face to face. Elkins makes a great analogy when he says that studying a particular piece beforehand is like a face to face meeting in the library. If no studying has taken place before hand, when you get to the picture, it is as if you are looking through books and bookshelves trying to figure out what it is displaying. He discusses in the chapter the key importance of knowledge and education. He says, “Without knowledge, you’re just ignorantly guessing. Without knowledge you’re either wrong or on a much simpler bases than the artist really had in mind.” I personally agree with this
This paper is based on the life of Ed Gein. He was an unusual character, born on a farm, and raised by a religious crazy, domineering mother. In the space of a few years his entire family passed away and he was left to take care of his farm all by himself. In the next few years he became a grave robber, a necrophiliac, a cannibal, and also took up arts and crafts in body parts. He is known as one of the weirdest serial killers of the twentieth century. He also inspired movies like Psycho, Silence of The Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
David A. Kirsch examines the manufacture of storage batteries for the electric vehicle, which was manufactured by various companies. As these companies rushed towards the manufacturing process of the vehicle, the development of its storage batteries was one of major troubles in the initial stages of the production process. These companies neglected improvements of the storage battery by failure to transform any of their previously renowned characteristics. This was despite expectations by early electric vehicle enthusiasts of a revolutionary discovery in energy storage technology. The expectations were based on the fact that engineers in the second half of the 19th Century had experienced several technological revolutions. Regardless of incremental technological changes that have relatively enhanced the capability of the ordinary electric vehicle, the expectations were never fulfilled, especially those for better storage battery. Even though there was significant progress in technologies used to manufacture the electric vehicle system, none of these technologies were able to meet the expectations.
This can be very personal. I fully agree with Berger on the way we view art today, when we look at art today we see it through a different lens because the lives we lead today are totally different from the time when that work of art was created. The items and settings surrounding this work of art influence what we see now. Berger brings up a very valid point that originally paintings were created to be an integral part of the building there were to be housed in. Each work of art as a story to tell. A reproduction of this painting moved to our homes today would make it look out of
It promotes viewers to maintain an apathetic gaze, which wanders to the next piece without ever delving into the first work of art. Cooper’s notion about the correct way to view Hudson River School paintings limits an audience’s abilities. There is no way that an audience member can know how the artist intended his or her artwork to be seen. Wallach counteracts Cooper’s ideal technique by emphasizing that viewers do not obtain a true understanding by simply staring. There must be engagement or the addition of other elements; otherwise, individuals are seeing only what is staring back at them. Deploying materials in connection to works of art, like texts explaining historical context, additional images, or artifacts, yields a complete and comprehensive understanding of an artwork. After all, studying means engaging and diving deeper into something to extract a true grasp on that something. Additionally, Cooper writes that Americans do not see anything other than in a surface manner; he jumps too far with this generalization. Like Wallach believes, American society is more open and sees things with a higher level of appreciation. The number of ways people can interpret and see items improves societal comprehension, not restricts it to one-dimensional viewing. Thus, art historians should attack art through a multitude of different lens. Techniques to explore artwork should not take on a passive role but instead, an active
Fill in the table below about these five major world religions. Do not fill in the shaded boxes.
The two historical documents, Narrative of Lavinia Bell written by an anonymous author in the Montreal Gazette and the Letter to an English Abolitionist by James Henry Hammond, shared their strong opinions on the important issue of slavery. These documents were written in the 1800’s during an era of progressive changes. One can identify similarities and many differences in their opinions, motives, and goals for their writings. I believe Bell’s account was written to show the perspective of slaves’ brutal view, compared to Hammond’s letter justifying slavery and the rights of the slaveholders.
Understanding how important art is to a culture can help people better comprehend the effects it has on the preservation of a society. Learning that art is a form of history can open a whole new world of opportunities for people to more deeply understand how people in history lived. People are always going to try to destroy art and to keep it all for themselves, this is where the age long question comes into play. Is art worth a life? Art is in a section all its own it is not as important as gold or silver the eyes of most people but in the eyes of some it is more precious than the most valuable of diamonds.
28 percent of American workers in 2011 earned poverty-level wages. That is, three years ago more than one in four workers in our country were not able to stave off poverty despite their active employment, according to the Economic Policy Institute, and that number has only increased since then. In absolute terms, this translates to millions of employed Americans still falling below the US Census’s poverty level, according to Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Bill Quigley. These workers toil long hours at jobs that are challenging both physically and mentally. And to add insult to injury, they are faced with social stigma on account of their status as low-paid
In Bruce W. Fergusons essay on “Exhibition Rhetorics” he uses the phrase "strategic system of representations" to describe exhibitions. This essay will discuss what he means by this phrase, why this is socially and politically significant, and provide an example of a historic exhibition where “strategic systems of representations” was evident. Exhibitions have motives which extend beyond the walls of art institutions. We know this because Ferguson characterises exhibitions as “strategic systems of representation; strategies whose aim is the wholesale conversion of its audience to sets of prescribed values to alter social relations” (Greenberg, Reesa, Bruce W. Ferguson, and Sandy Nairne 1996, pg.178).
Rationale for Revision: The fundamental comparison in this question is the same in both versions, though in the revised question students are asked to compare only the effects of the ideologies. It is, as a result, a bit narrower in focus than the original. Teachers will need to make the connections between the ideologies and their effects explicit because they are in different sections of the Curriculum Framework.
“I think a lot of people think of art as taking place in these discreet places like galleries and museums things like that and just getting it out of that is a way of redirecting your thoughts about the potential of art and what it can actually do and how it can function socially”, Curtis Jones.
China is a country with a long history. Looking back in history, there are many virtuous personages. After I read the Book of Odes and the Chronicles of Zuo, I found that both the official Zhongshan Fu and the Zichan are outstanding people, who help their duck to make a better kingdom.
Hi Adam, I agree, I have a new found respect for the art. I've always been somewhat interested, but not because of its history. It's really enlightening when you are able to start from the beginning and go through all of the movements, and its history. That's when I was able to get a better understanding of the humanities. At first I thought that the neoclassical movement was my favorite, but once I started doing research on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, I'm not sure which one I like best. The Middle Ages is about the rise and fall of cities and it's economy, the rise of nations, kings, and nobles losing power. France and England in a war for 100 years and because of it, government trade was disrupted. The church has weakened due to
History is described as the timeline of events that can impact the future. History in turn influences everything around us. One of the most influential pieces of our history is art. Art is known as “the expression or application of creative skill that is in visual or physical form such as sculpture that is appreciated for its beauty and emotional power from creating the piece”(Oxford press).Art has different uses and means from different eras and times. Some eras in history use art for ritual means and practices while other eras use art as a representation of their wealth and use it to underscore their social class in society. Art is influenced by the point in time in which it was created. Because of this pre colonial, 1920s, 1940s and
there are many versions of history. often, the last person to tell the story, creates the definitive history. this is particularly true when long time spans are involved and multicultural influences are at work. histories should be prefaced by the phrase, “from my point of view…………………” and so it is with art history. its origin, development and influence can be assessed differently by different observers who’s particular backgrounds and experiences shape their understanding.