lesson 1 Flashcards
Transition form Moder to Contemporary art has been identified with two main events
- The birth of photography ( Niépce, Daguerre e Talbot)
2.revolution of the art system ( first half of the XIX century (Academies, Salons, collectors)
a physical tow / three dimensional object
-> fulfils a primary independent aesthetic function
Artwork
art piece
pice of art
art object
Work of art (art in its wides senes )
literature
music
-> tangible, portable form of visual art
Contemporary Art
start with the invention of photography (1839)
the Salon des Refusés (1863)
the Salon des Refusés
1863 - first exhibition of paintings by the impressionist
Art Was -> Colour
Symbols (a blend of materials) - revolution of the oil techniques
(yellow = colour of traitors)
(mixing coloured powders)
(oil technique -> describe very little detail)
Art Was -> Drawing
Proportions
Perspective
(Da Vinci, Michelangelo)
Art Was -> Composition
triangle = importance
diagonal = drama
Art Was -> Symbols / iconography
sybolisim
religious texts
Art Was -> Artists
rarely singed the works
creativity/interpretations were restricted (by aristocrats / the church / academies)
they we’re: scientists, architect, sculptors, educated, managers, entrepreneurs
Art of the past = beautiful
look similar to reality (even if it is fantasy)
hard work, talent, ability
Art now
nowadays anyone can learn how to paint
art is not a matter of ability but of imagination and creativity
Art now
not intrestin to “copy” realty
-> personal point of view, the ideas, feelings
3 Elements that made Art change
Photography (1839)
Discovery/representation of the unconscious
personal, random, subjective parameters
discovery of photography
an evolution of the discovery of the Prince of the camera obscura
observation that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light
photography improvements
speed
Resolution
permanence
Nicéphore Nicépce - first attempt to bring the camera obscura and the potosensitce substance together -> fails
Louis Daguerre - develops the daguerreotype -> first publicity announce success
photography 1839
photography process is commercially introduced
influence fo photography
- ideal of objectivity -> new compositions, new framing, new cuts, new points of view
- search for a way for more free expression -> imagination
search for expression
Imagination
-> dreams
-> the unconscious
-> expression feelings
search for expression
representation of their own feelings
interpretation of reality
-> transformation of images
(colours, shapes, materials)
Contemporary art is
incomprehensible
ugly
the idea is more important than the realisation porches
the values of the artwork raises when there artist dies
