Is an imitation of an already existing artwork a separate artwork in itself? Some philosophers consider would consider saying yes to this question such as Davies from the theory of multiple artworks while others may say no such as Collingwood in his differentiation of a true artwork as contrasted with a craft. There are many instances of artwork that are only imitations but the credit for its appreciation are given to different people. For example, would a cover for “Hey Jude” by the Beatles in Youtube be considered an instance of the musical work “Hey Jude” or would it be considered an entirely separate artwork? The title of the song that is being sung remains “Hey Jude” but the appreciation of the performance now belongs to the one who made …show more content…
The problem Davies does not address is how similar the instance of multiple artworks must be for it to be even considered an instance of the original. Again, back to the “Hamlet” example, a performance of that play in the dialect used during the 16th-17th century may be considered an instance of the original play script and thus still be called “Hamlet”. Let us then say that there was a performance of “Hamlet” that was translated into modern English. We could still claim that it was another instance of the original. Now, in a more extreme case, let us say that some settings were changed to cater to a contemporary favoring audience. Would the change in location and language be the tipping point for the play “Hamlet” to gain the status of original? Here, the difference between what can be considered an instance of an artwork among multiple artworks and a separate artwork can be attributed to the intent of the creator. In each instance of multiple artworks, the performer(s) and person(s) in charge of the performance are intending for the performance to be regarded as the original. If however, the performer(s) or the person(s) in charge of the performance intends for the multiple artwork to be a parody of the original, then it should be considered a separate original artwork. This is assuming that there is a certain level of similarity between the instance …show more content…
For example, a man singing “Yellow” by Coldplay would be a co-author of his own performance along with Coldplay but only if they intended to imitate the song in its original form. Even without all the instruments present, if the intent is there to imitate the song “Yellow” with the best of his abilities, then they would be in a joint authorship. However, if the intent is for there to be a change to the original, then the imitation artist would be comparable to a ready-made artist such as Duchamp. Joint authorship according to Livingston requires that the authors “share the aim for contributing to the making of a single… work” and in this case, the aim of the imitation author would not be sharing the same aim in contributing to that work as the original artist intended. In the case of Duchamp’s “L.H.O.O.Q.”, he did not intend for the work to be regarded in the same manner as Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”. In the same way that the “Fountain” does not give credit to the creator of the urinal itself in the role of being an artwork as it is to be regarded in a different manner than of a normal urinal, Duchamp’s “L.H.O.O.Q.” only gives proper credit to the creator, Duchamp and not Da Vinci. This can be applied to covers in Youtube and other mediums where the imitator
In 1971, Marvin Gaye, a renowned Motown artist, published a concept album that would become a huge hit for both critics and casual listeners throughout the US. Written towards the end of the Vietnam War, What’s Going On would touch on subjects including war protests, unification of the American people, and the poor treatment of veterans. Gaye’s brother served in Vietnam, and much of this album shows the brother’s thoughts and feelings when he returns. Throughout his album, Marvin Gaye uses his own experiences to give us a look at why he and many others had a dissatisfaction with society and the government during the Vietnam War era in the United States.
Being an author is hard work. You must make your work flow, and sometimes you have to alter parts of your work, multiple times. . For example, Agatha Christie wrote a book Called the Murder in the Orient Express. In this book, she used the real life Lindbergh case, and created a fictional case involving a 3 year old girl Named Daisy Armstrong. Despite the multiple differences in the two cases, they both have many things that tie them together if compared. They differ in who was involved in the case, the way the case played out, but they are similar in the end of the case, and the layout of the case.
Johnny B Goode has the chord progression of 12 bar blues. The song includes a guitar, drums, tenor vocal, bass and piano. The guitar techniques used in this song are bending notes, pull offs and slides. The piano fills on a blues scale. Chuck Berry doesn’t use many vocal techniques; it is all the same sort of tone. The texture is thick, playing as a melody dominated homophony but the intro is monophonic with the guitar alone. The song uses lyrics that are repetitive “Go Johnny Go”. The guitar uses little riffs in this song. The time signature of the song is 4/4.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the song “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s. This paper will identify the message and tone of the song, as well as the artist’s appeal to the audience by analyzing the organization of the song, and the specific rhetorical strategies the artist used to connect to the audience. The song’s organization, style, figurative language, and hyperboles in the lyrics will also be analyzed to connect the artist’s intention back to the audience. In this song, the artist’s main point and thesis, is that he is head over heels in love with a girl named Delilah. He wants to tell the world, and Delilah herself, how much he loves her, and how their love conquers the distance between them.
Thomas Foster explains to his readers that there is no such thing as an original piece of art, because every story is influenced by another.
The Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) seeks to protect individuals who have created original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. Sections 14(1) and 36 provide that copyright is infringed when a person reproduces a substantial part of another’s work without the license of the owner of the copyright. In 2010 the Federal Court of Australia considered whether the flute riff in ‘Down Under’ a song by popular Australian group Men at Work was a substantial reproduction of the iconic children’s song ‘Kookaburra’ composed by Marion Sinclair. This case attracted significant media coverage and public interest.
Music is, in many ways, a personal and emotional reflection of not only the writer’s own experiences, but also that of the listener. This also occurs for the artists of cover songs. A cover song is a performance of a previously recorded song, in a new style than the other original by a different, or even the same artist. An artist finds inspiration in the personal and individual concepts of music, and chooses to create, through music’s universal dimensions, their own interpretation for new listeners to find their own inspiration. A problem that arises when covering music is the idea of copyright issues, and the idea of authenticity. Nicholas Cook discusses authenticity in a variety of different ways throughout his book, Music: A Very Short Introduction, in order to describe how an artist can truly be a lasting and original force. An in depth musical analysis of the song “Hallelujah,” originally recorded by Leonard Cohen, but covered by various other artists, can help show the relationship between authenticity in cover music, and why people relate differently to different covers.
What is art forgery? Art Forgery is the act of creating and selling works of art that are falsely credited to another, usually more famous artists. A perpetrator of such a crime replicates an existing, more famous work of art, with the intent to make a profit, by either selling it under the name of the artist who had originally created the work, claiming that it is an original, or by saying that they are the original artist of the work. According to the Crime Museum, art forgery can be dated back thousands of years. In fact, the Romans were known to copy Greek sculptures and sell them as authentic Greek artwork over 2,000 years ago, (Crime Museum, 2009).
Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band is the album that serves as a turning point for The Beatles. It came at a point when the Beatles had already toured the world and were looking for a way to revamp themselves with something new. This album also influenced many pop artists. Before this album, rock artists made music to serve as mild entertainment(Galenson, 2009). After this album, artists wanted to be taken more seriously and make music as art in the best possible form. Part of this change can be attributed to the influence that legendary producer George Martin had on the album. George Martin would be part of the key production personnel along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
Both Andrews and Kosky are quite similar in their techniques of directing except that Kosky looks into the pleasantries of using music, and Andrews focuses more on the impact of the text. “I’m especially attracted to the idea of all speech acts being performative – an essentially Shakespearean idea of being in the world” (Belvoir Street Theatre 2012). To say that they re-authored the works is essentially correct, but it is unclear to say that what she defines as ‘new works’ don’t do that as well, there is a certain criteria for even abstract plays, where the director must find the meaning of the story. Is not every story essentially a rip off of another story? and if so, who draws the line between creation and adaptation.
Roy Lichtenstein was considered controversial because his critics accused him of the only thing that can destroy you as an artist: plagiarism. Many believed that Lichtenstein’s work was far too similar to the advertisements and comics he was inspired by to pass it off as his own, or at least not without some sort of attribution to the original artist. Lichtenstein was often accused of profiting off of the creativity of others, which poses a question still prevalent in art today: At what point is the work manipulated enough to be considered an original creation?
Copyright law encourages the creation of “original” creative work. Yet, creation requires influence. It is not realistic to say that a song can be completely original, containing innovating composition and sound recording. Artists gain influence from other artists, who have adopted the style of the
Although Sherman’s work is entitled as one of those artists who appropriate, I would consider her work to be quite original. Yes, you could say that because she has copied film scenes that her work isn’t original but personally I believe that her work is trying to make a change and represent
In this essay I intend to look at appropriation in art from the readymades of Duchamp right up to the latest exhibition of the Chapman brothers at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings.
No artwork exhibited in an open display is invulnerable; anytime an artwork becomes known, it is predisposed to relative alterations, falsifications, and reuse by other artists. Countless art movements are fashioned around the revision of earlier works and representations. As an artist, one must accept the unavoidable fact that one day there will probably be alterations to their artwork. Once the great Pablo Picasso argued that: “Bad artists copy. Good artists steal”. In this essay it will be explained the rules governing the copyright and licensing. The emphasis of this essay will be also focusing on what are the steps to follow to grant a license to a third party in order to make it liable to use my own work of art, that in this case