Summary Of Romance Of A Shop By Amy Levy

In the story, the painter loves his art more than he loves his wife, and while the wife feels that art is a rival that she will never be able to beat, she agrees to let her beloved portray her but the painter is unaware that with each brushstroke he makes, he gives life to the painting and takes away life from his wife and upon placing the painting on the canvas, his wife dies. The irony of the story is that the painter loves his art so much that he doesn’t realize that his wife slowly slips away into oblivion while he makes his masterpiece. This story is "saturated with elements which refer to the sensorial world . . . . [and] nonverbal signs . . ."(Anspach, Silvia Simone. "Poe's Pictoric Writing." Estudos Anglo-Americanos 9-11 1985-1987: 17-28.)

The ability to mass reproduce art, not only on canvases but also on coffee mugs, neckties, and posters, also contributes to the value of an artifact. In van Gogh’s case, the many reproductions of his work in these and other forms add to the social value of his original works instead of detracting from it.

This paper examined in detail the reasoning, evidence from a claim that Robert Florczak arguing Why is modern art so bad? Robert florczak is an American artists and illustrator with many years of experience in field of art. The motive of the speech is to convince the art community of the ineffectiveness of modern art. The speaker uses a compare and contrast method during his speech between western and modern art. To show differences between the two, he illustrates his ability to back up his argument with evidence. He uses rhetorical analysis techniques such as, ethos, pathos, and logos to build on various point of views to strength his point. The speaker could achieve the overall purpose of the speech in convincing the art community of the

With images, words, and sounds been almost endlessly reproduced and distributed, various critics of modern culture suggest that traditional ideas about art and authenticity are no longer applicable. The problem is said to have been noticed back in the 1930s in the popular essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction that was concerned about what would happen to the “aura” of unique works of art when photography and other techniques if anybody could make unlimited copies of images. With the rise of digital technology, copying ability became vast and complex and hence the idea of originality is thrown into

The documentary film connected to the writings of Crimp, Wells, and Bates as they showing us how profitable the modern photography became. As the video mentioned, that in this modern day, Gregory Crewdson creates and sold his superb photographs for large amount of money, such as over $200,000. In addition, a single photograph can be priceless or worthless as sold for over $200,000, has amused me because I didn’t know it was cost that much. However, the readings explains how photography developed in the modern day and enlighten that the photographers developed their various photographic methods of making photos, while the film tells us where and how the photographers are making their money from. While watching the film, I realized that the arts

“If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product.” - Bruce Nauman, (Art21.org, 2015).

In Art Works by Dan Graham he describes art as a business. He states that art isn’t about being free anymore it’s all about making money becoming famous. “The art world is a collection of people who dig the dirt, or pay the artist to dig it for him, to get a “piece” of the action” I agree with him. Rich people are always looking for expensive art pieces to buy. I’ve seen some of the work and they make no sense to me but since they are known artist they are popular. There’s so many creative artist that don’t the credit as the big artist do. It’s sad how money determines how great an artwork is.

There has been an ongoing debate throughout history as to whether or not an artist’s work should be judged separately from their personal life. Art in general is assigned specific meaning in today’s society that may or may not actually suit the art itself. Pair that practice with the strict scrutiny of people in today’s time, and there is a ruining of art culture, as well as the perception of the artist’s brilliant work. All people, put under strict scrutiny, will not be able to live up to today’s societal expectations. Because of this, art will lose its meaning, due to the fact that many artists are not the epitome of perfection. This leads me to say that art must be judged separately from the artists themself.

Szarkowski’s “The Photographer’s Eye” was a much more intriguing engaging piece in my opinion, while it was significantly shorter than Berger’s, I felt the message was much clearer. I love the point he makes about paintings being made and photographs being taken. The influx of photographs in the 1850s after the increased accessibility to the daguerreotype is reminiscent of the influx of ‘beat makers’ and home producers in the music industry. When home computers and laptops became technologically advanced enough for anyone to fit their own, very basic music studio–– in the form of a digital audio workstation, or DAW, like ProTools or Ableton–– in their computer, music industry very quickly became over-saturated; everyone wanted to be the next big thing, and the necessary tools were now at their fingertips. Anyone can become a “producer” and much like the accidental artistic qualities found in a handful of early photographs, there are a plethora of novice producers who accidentally create something

In the world of omnipresent financial exchanges there exists many forms of payment and commodities that hold economic value for which to fulfil the exchange. These are often in the form of money and can be used to purchase a wide range of materials, services and commodities. However, one such commodity that holds more than just sole economic value is that of art. Art in it of itself is worth more than the sum of its material composition, it also speaks of symbolic value or a second-order commodity status that elevates above just the material. As Isabelle Graw writes, “artwork is priceless but has a price nonetheless…, its symbolic value is not identical to its market value …. this is also what makes the artwork a special kind of commodity:

Artist Laovaan constantly receives criticism on why his art is inauthentic. Though critics, including his art teachers at his university, claim that his art is too illustrative and not abstract enough to be art, he addresses the hypocrisy of these comments in his video. One such critique implies that he is not putting effort in having his work convey an original message to the viewer. However, he notes that recently, ‘appropriation’ art has become more common in the modern age. Notably, ‘appropriation’ in this sense is merely a euphemism for artists that use plagiarism to create new work. A shocking example he uses is Richard Prince, a self-proclaimed photographer who has encountered numerous copyright issues with his work. In one instance, Prince simply cropped a Marlboro ad, and sold it for

One can notice that as the paintings of her have evolved, Mary becomes more and more seductive. Her clothes are depicted more informal and loose and she is even topless in the last two images. This shows how man has changed their point of view about women to a sexual perspective. It demonstrates how man changed the meaning of art to benefit themselves by pleasing their own sexual desires. This can also be seen in other painting techniques such as oil paintings. Since oil paintings utilizes advance techniques, they could show more depth and details in what they portrayed. Those who were identified as wealthy had the ease to take control over the breakthrough of art by inputting textures to an object such as clothes to make them seem luxurious. The same could be seen in landscape drawings/ paintings. Berger goes on to state that before artists’ interests in ecology for envious purposes, “nature was not thought of as the object of the activities of capitalism; rather it was thought of as the arena in which capitalism and social life and each individual life had its being”, as humans used and enjoyed the beauty of nature and its landscapes for what it is. Another example can be found on page 106 where Berger shows a picture of a couple, the Andrew’s, sitting on a bench in front of a beautiful landscape. Berger goes on to say that “the point being made is that, among the pleasures their portrait gave to Mr. and Mrs. Andrews,

The Golden Age in Los Angeles, the art world was also hitting its stride. By the early sixties, complained art dealer Irving Blum, the “the earlier camaraderie and real affection that these people had for one another; began to shift with the spectre of money, the spectre of commerce, the spectre of greater interest, the spectre of greater collecting activity, the spectre of competition” (Colpitt 1983, 39). At the epicenter of the boom, the dimensions and mood of the art world were shifting - for good. Concerns were mounting that the art world was abandoning its cherished autonomy from the norms of mainstream society. In a faster, commercial art world dominated by newcomers and speculators, how could such agreements be reached about aesthetic

Just as other works that reflect art, pieces in the category of fine arts serve the important message of passing certain messages or portraying a special feeling towards a particular person, function or activity. At times due to the nature of a particular work, it can become so valuable that its viewers cannot place a price on it. It is not the nature or texture of an art that qualifies it, but the appreciation by those who look at it (Lewis & Lewis, 2008).

“A work of art is useless as a flower is useless.” Oscar Wilde stated this in his The Decay of Lying, he states that a flower only will blossom for its own happiness. There is a moment of happiness while looking at flowers, but it is not true happiness. This feeling arises when looking at art as well. A man can sell a flower, and then it has a use for him, yet it hasn’t anything to do with the flower itself. Flowers and art are useless and unimportant. Oscar Wilde is looking for significance in art and flowers. In his work, The Decay of Lying, he is stating this to seem normal. He does not believe in this at all. He thinks that art has importance, and in the novel, he wanted to show everyone just exactly how strongly emotional art can be. The fact that he chose such a controversial topic at the time, and made it the object of the novel, says a lot about his personality. He brought art to life. He took art, an inanimate thing, and made it into a real character in the novel. Not only is art strongly linked to human behavior, but art also is so much more than just paint on a canvas.