Quiz 8 Flashcards
Hegemony
Power relations in constant state of flux
Habitus
Field exists before entry with rites of passage; individual assumes position within it (often unconsciously)
Primitivism
cult and appropriation of tribal arts by modern artists
Orientalism
exotic conceptions of east as European inventions
Ekphrasis
(classical period) detailed description of works of art
Theories
everyone operates on theories - ways to organize data.
Exchange value
What something costs
Use value
how useful/necessary something is
Interpellate
address “you”
Presumption of relevance
insinuates necessity
pseudoindividuality
consumption will make you unique
Equivalence
made between disparate things(woman-tiger)
differentiate
can differ, separate.
Commodity fetishism
separates goods from context of production for new meanings to be attached
Reification
abstract ideas given concrete form
Metacommunication
an exchange where topic is act of communication itself; reflexive
Signifying practice
goal of producing meaning as well as object
Auteur
idea of defining individual style vs. barthes’ “death of the author” with “birth of the reader” (production to reception emphasis shift)
Resources
capital, facilities required for production
Materials/tools
raw goods of production; artists/designers can work with or against materials.
external
religion, political beliefs, etc.
internal
functionalism, expressionism, etc.
Distribution
packaging, shipping
Circulation
through space and over time; can have many “lives”; changes in classification: transient/durable/rubbish
exchange
bartered for goods or services, gifts, bought and sold for money
post-industrial society or consumer society
emphasis put on consuming, not production
Reception aesthetics
branch of criticism/history concerned with the impression art, design and media make how they are “read” by various individuals and social groups
Taste
key variable in reception
Preservation and conservation
everything has certain span, variable with degree of care
Transient cultural objects
finite life; exchange value decreases over time
Durable cultural objects
no finite span; exchange value can increase
rubbish
zero value; no increase
Social effects
effects of visual culture on society, affecting behavior and attitudes
cycles and social change
millions of above cycle constantly happening, overlapping; repetition not exact, influenced by externals
Bricolage
taking existing artifacts and recoding them for new subgroups meanings
counter-bricolage
mass culture re-appropriating (co-opting) the bricolage
