After taking so many art history classes in college this statement makes so much sense when you're studying one era of art and the art forms taking place, then transition into another era of art with art forms that have developed from past art forms.
Friday, March 9, 2012
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Walter Benjamin
Reading this, my first reaction honestly was 'this is super long'. Each section has interesting views on art revolutions during these ages when technology, and how each interferes directly with each other. I agree with the statement "One of the foremost tasks of art has always been the creation of a demand which could be fully satisfied only later. The history of every art form shows critical epochs in which a certain art form aspires to effects which could be fully obtained only with a changed technical standard, that is to say, in a new art form."
The Medium is the Message
To be honest, after reading this for the first time, I was confused a little with all the information I had just taken in. After reading it the second time, skimming back through, I caught a little more information. It's interesting to hear someone's perspective on mediums and going so in depth with how everything we know is basically a medium in some way. The way we experience and what we experience in our lives means something different to each one of us about the same experience.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Analog vs. Digital
I found these two pictures, the top obviously a drawing and the bottom an actual photograph. I think that there's more life in the photographs, and they mean more to the person who took them rather than getting a drawing. A drawing won't show the details of a person that you have a memory of.
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