Week 5 The Invention Of Photograph/ claudels's la valse Flashcards
why is the camera obscure a problem for art historians?
Artists such as Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Durer used to trace projections. Seen as a form of cheating, and questions genius/ talent.
What is a portable version of the camera obscura called?
Camera Lucinda.
When was the Camera Lucinda used and who used it?
18th/19th century, used among amateurs and professionals.
Where was the first place that institutionalised photography?
MoMa
What kind of photos did the daguerreotype make? (4)
One of a kind Mirror image Long exposure High resolution
When was the first commercial daguerreotype?
1840
Who censored Claudel’s La Valse? *
Critics
Why was Claudel’s La Valse censored? (2)
It was interpreted as an image of a woman’s longing for sexual love/memory of it. The lack of drapery offended law of public decency.
When was Claudel’s La Valse first exhibited? 1857 1893 1894
1893.
Describe the La Valse
A sculpture of a couple dancing with their bodies entwined. Represents something other than what it stood for in the present. ( it’s a symbol)
What debate arose from Claudel’s la valse?
Whether a woman could paint a nude.
What was Claudel forced to do to her sculpture La Valse in order to exhibit it?
Add drapery.
What Claudel want to represent through La Valse (the waltz)?
The love of the Union of minds as much as that of the bodies.
What did critics think the La Valse represented?
Conflict between a mans loss of verility and masculine power.
What problem did female artists have to overcome when it came to exhibiting the naked human figure?
There were assumptions that women’s creativity related to their private experiences. It was impossible for senate sculptors to know how to represent the human figure without jeopardising their careers.
When was the daguerreotype created?
1939
Where was cinema invented?
In Britain by Louis le Prince
What is the name of the sculpture and who is it by?
L’age Mur
On one level how can Claudel’s 3 figures in L’age Mur be interpretated?
A personification of youth, maturity and old age.
What was the metaphoral or connoted meaning of Claudel’s f L’age Mur?
Represnted the circle of life, destiny and fatality through architectual lines.
From the positiong of the figures what did Claudel expect viewers to do?
Assess what took place bewteen the characters.
Claudel’s L’age Mur (age of maturity) was one of her masterpieces, but it did not receive a lot of praise why?
Critics assessed the figures as (L) Death/ Age (R) Youth/love and (C) Man.
So saw it as a process of man’s ageing.
How did commentators interpret the sculpture Maturity by Camille Claudel in the art reviews of the period 1895-1914?
As an original work dealing with the theme of human destiny in the symbolist mode.
What are three modes of representation in L’age Mur according to mitchell?
Personification, Narrative order, Metaphorical connoted meanings.
