Friday, January 25, 2013

Q1:When something is reproduced for so many times is that art? What's the importance of the mechanical reproducibility of the art? What was the impact on mechanical reproducibility on the society?
I do not think one thing is reproduced for so many times is art because we can see a lot of garbage information reproduce thousands of times on the internet. we can not say those things are art. But mechanical reproducibility of the art is very important to the art spread aboard among people. For example, Mona Lisa Smile is one of the most famous painting in the world and it is in the Paris, so other place of the world can not see this great painting. we need some copies to let other people who do not live in Pairs can see or learn from this painting. when people made those copies, they used mechanical reproducibility of the art. So in my opinion, mechanical reproducibility of the art is very importance. On the other hand, those copies have a bad effect on the society. Some lawbreakers use those copies to crime. In the news "Mystery of the fake Matisse painting ends in jail time" shows " someone had switched their genuine Matisse for a fake." Mechanical reproducibility is still have a bad impact on the society, so we should use it carefully.

Q2:Is photography art, or contribution to the art? Is it just a tool used by artists?
Photography absolutely is one kind of art because the photographers use their heart and mind to take picture. They can record the moved things and people, they use their camera to catch the moment that they believe is beautiful, shock and  miraculous. Those pictures are full of photographers' emotion and discourse. I did not think photography has any different from other arts like painting or sculpture, so photography is not just a tool used by artists.

Q3:How and why Henry Pitch Robinson created Feading Away? What was the reason?
According to "Henry Peach Robinson", " a picture [Feading Away] skillfully printed from five different negatives." Because he can not get what he want from real life, so he need to made by himself. For example" Although he sometimes used natural settings, he more often imitated the out-of-doors inside his studio. Costumed actors or society ladies modeled for his many bucolic scenes, since he found actual country people too awkward and dull to fit his ideal of the picturesque." He needed to made some thing or change something to cut the theme that he wanted to show.

“Fading Away”[Feading Away ] by Henry Peach Robinson

Q4:Photography has impacted the world of art and influenced some changes in the area of accessibility to art. If mechanical reproduction created revolution, what is happening now with the digitalization?
Some artist are using digital product to describe their ideas. The artists can use it to make very different ways  from traditional art. They can make dynamic image and use a lot of software to process their works what makes more close to artists wanted.

Joseph Nechvatal birth Of the viractual 2001 computer-robotic assisted acrylic on canvas



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