Here's some image icon from the fifties & sixties...
June Cleaver (Leave It To Beaver) with her apron and pearls
...as opposed to Marilyn Monroe....
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
DTC The Value of Images
Why is it that the value of a work of art (visual art) seems to increase so much after the artist dies? It doesn't seem to be the case with music. Not as much so, anyway. I guess that's because artists typically (not always the case) work in private, not in front of large audiences. In music, the opposite is true. Artists gain notoriety when they die and people think that they they can own something that is limited in number. Music is different. It will be listened to over and over throughout decades, and reproduced many times by different artists, whether the original artist is dead or alive.
Like music, art can illicit some strong emotion by it's viewers. I've only had the opportunity to visit a few art museums, and only in the US, but I've seen some pretty awesome exhibits at the Smithsonian and Seattle Art Museum among a few others. I thought it was an incredible, indescribable feeling to stand in front of an original work of art, especially the really huge pieces. I can understand how extremely wealthy people, who have the ability, would want to own a famous works of art. Fortunately, we have museums and it's not all bought up by private collectors.
Why is it that the value of a work of art (visual art) seems to increase so much after the artist dies? It doesn't seem to be the case with music. Not as much so, anyway. I guess that's because artists typically (not always the case) work in private, not in front of large audiences. In music, the opposite is true. Artists gain notoriety when they die and people think that they they can own something that is limited in number. Music is different. It will be listened to over and over throughout decades, and reproduced many times by different artists, whether the original artist is dead or alive.
Like music, art can illicit some strong emotion by it's viewers. I've only had the opportunity to visit a few art museums, and only in the US, but I've seen some pretty awesome exhibits at the Smithsonian and Seattle Art Museum among a few others. I thought it was an incredible, indescribable feeling to stand in front of an original work of art, especially the really huge pieces. I can understand how extremely wealthy people, who have the ability, would want to own a famous works of art. Fortunately, we have museums and it's not all bought up by private collectors.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
DTC 356
Reading about semiotics and how we interpret signs and symbols, I started thinking about all that we take for granted and what it would be like for someone in a foreign country. I haven't traveled outside the country much so I got curious and looked up signs for restrooms, since that's one of the more important signs. Maybe I was thinking of that because just last week I accidently used the men's bathroom in a restroom...just a little embarrasing!! But you know, if you're in a hurry, it's not that hard to mistake the black pants and black dress. Anyway, I thought I'd show you a restroom sign that gets the point across.
Bathroom sign in Turkey.
Reading about semiotics and how we interpret signs and symbols, I started thinking about all that we take for granted and what it would be like for someone in a foreign country. I haven't traveled outside the country much so I got curious and looked up signs for restrooms, since that's one of the more important signs. Maybe I was thinking of that because just last week I accidently used the men's bathroom in a restroom...just a little embarrasing!! But you know, if you're in a hurry, it's not that hard to mistake the black pants and black dress. Anyway, I thought I'd show you a restroom sign that gets the point across.
Bathroom sign in Turkey.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Another post from last week...
The "Myth of Photographic Truth"....Photography has always been associated with realism. I like history, and history is so much more interesting when you have images to look at. But now, with all the photo editing capabilities, how will people know whether the photo is representative of anything real? I sell real estate, and I take photos of houses to post on the internet to try to entice buyers to come and look at the houses I list. It's a compliment to me when I take a buyer to look at one of my listings and after walking through it they say "wow, the pictures sure do this justice!"
The "Myth of Photographic Truth"....Photography has always been associated with realism. I like history, and history is so much more interesting when you have images to look at. But now, with all the photo editing capabilities, how will people know whether the photo is representative of anything real? I sell real estate, and I take photos of houses to post on the internet to try to entice buyers to come and look at the houses I list. It's a compliment to me when I take a buyer to look at one of my listings and after walking through it they say "wow, the pictures sure do this justice!"
Posted last week on my other blog page...
DTC 356....Going back over the reading so I can post...I found it really interesting to think about what kinds of images attract people's attention. We know that that newspapers are filled with bad news, violence and all the gory details, because it sells! It's fascinates me to think of why people have morbid fascination with graphic images. Think of all the books and pictures from the Holocaust...Sick as it may be, I don't think most people watch the movies and look at pictures out of 'respect for the victims'. Now we have images of children in Syria...
DTC 356....Going back over the reading so I can post...I found it really interesting to think about what kinds of images attract people's attention. We know that that newspapers are filled with bad news, violence and all the gory details, because it sells! It's fascinates me to think of why people have morbid fascination with graphic images. Think of all the books and pictures from the Holocaust...Sick as it may be, I don't think most people watch the movies and look at pictures out of 'respect for the victims'. Now we have images of children in Syria...
Catching up with DTC 356 blogs
Okay, I think I have my page set up in the right place. Now I can catch up with everyone else in the class. Since I'm new to blogging, I'll take any help that anyone wants to give me!
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