Art film

As art slowly develops through the twentieth century, moving past voyeurism and historical art where it promotes passive spectatorial consumption, the role of the audience has evolved too. From the traditional historical passive visitor in perspective and panoptic spaces, art has gradually evolved into turning the spectator into an active contributor who not only engages with the work but also becomes the co-author in its creation and completion. Claire Bishop points out, “art must be directed against

I feel as if we have asked the question, “Is photography an art?” and “Can photography be considered a type of language?” many times in this quarter and we still cannot get a direct answer. Additionally, the truth of the matter is that we will never really know if it is because people have different opinions of what is art. For instance, in “Literacy and Picturacy,” Heffernan explains that there is something real behind every photograph. He explains that photographs allows to see the story that is

In this essay I will be looking at the movement which changed everything throughout the art world. This was in fact the Feminist movement, it had a drastic impact on the way people were in the art world when women were seen differently to men. I will be discussing what happened and the groups there were through those years that stood up for what they believed was wrong and tried to make a difference. Feminism in the 1960’s was like the women’s suffrage movement that took place in the late 19th and

the elusive Banksy’s life and art process. The film begins to shift, however, as Banksy himself turns the film around and begins documenting Guetta’s own rise to fame within the art community in California. As Ethan DuBois wrote in his “Banksy's 'Exit Through the Gift Shop': Street Art and Our Quest for Authenticty,”

Photography and film are becoming more popular every day with people trying to one up each other and also trying to figure out new and inventive ways to use the camera. In Paul Strand’s essay Photography the New God, he wanted to make his point that photography was assessable to anyone and everyone and that man does all the work not the machine. In Extracts from the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin explains that works of art have always been easily reproduced for

Photomontage is a defining characteristic of Berlin Dada; a vital interwar period movement, which primarily took place between 1915 and 1924. Although photomontage is associated with the interwar period, it undoubtedly had a monumental influence on the fine arts well after it’s initial collective disbanded, which included figures such as John Heartfield, Hannah Hoch, George Grosz, Kurt Schwitters, and Raoul Hausmann. In fact, even celebrated post-war and contemporary artists, such as David Hockney, Jerry Uelsmann

work in the film industry. The 1950s was known as a time of conformity, but soon the modernist movement spread and Bass was a part of it. He wanted to be different, and that is exactly what he accomplished through his works. He used them as a way to show the mood of a film, and what is yet to come. He brought a new way of showing the emotion of a film through title sequences and posters, a legacy that is still prevalent in the movie industry today. (French, "Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design by

choices leading up to today. Creativity and art have been a significant parts of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was little and we visited my Grandma Carol in the summers, my favorite thing to do with her was make art. She taught me about so many different media, such as: acrylics, oil pastels, and the ink press. Sometimes, I would bring my sketchbook from home and she would help me set up art shows around her house. I would sell my art for a few dollars each, and then use the little

According to Google Search, art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” This semester in aesthetic expression we talked about art; the different forms of art and the meaning art has to each individual. For me, art is a huge part of my life. I say this because I am a filmmaker, cinematographer, editor, graphic designer, director

games can never be art” was written by Roger Ebert, who was a famous American film critic. Ebert was a very popular and well celebrated journalist and film critic in his field. He was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, which is the highest honor in journalism (rogerebert.com and Wikipedia). This article is about Roger Ebert’s critical analysis of Kellee Santiago, a professional video game designer, presentation about video games as already being a form of art. Roger Ebert is