| To lift up something as small and as at hand as a pebble or a saltcellar on the table.…
Using the aesthetic qualities in my 2D drawings, I have explored confronting images. This is done through the use of definitive and gestural lines that outline either the underweight, boney bodies or the round and curvacious bodies. I have cropped areas of the woman’s form and focused specifically on the torso and legs of the body, as seen in Potential Direction #4, #5, #1 and #8. This idea removes the identity of the woman because her face is not included and to some extent, not important to the overall concept. The sexualised images of the woman creates vulnerability because it suggests that she is an object and nothing more. I believe this contributes to the…
This argument has been subject to great applause through the religious community for its simplistic and impactful articulation. However the cosmological argument is also opposed by atheists who fail to find substance and empirical evidence within its core.…
This is a class in which we survey the history of Western art to chronicle the development of our mass media society. We will examine art monuments generally studied in art history classes (that is, paintings, sculptures, etc.), as well as photography, film, and video. The purpose of this class is to help you develop what is often called "visual literacy." This means the ability to "read" the images that surround you in our information society.…
Effective listening involves more than just hearing what other people are saying. Listening errors occur and usually result in misunderstandings, missed business opportunities, premature judgments, and wasted time and money. To get the full meaning of what someone says requires energy and discipline, both of which contribute to what is known as active listening. In the article "Learn to listen, and you'll learn to sell," David Connolly explains that, "the best agents in the insurance industry talk only 20% of the time during an interview with a new prospect, and that 20% is in the form of questions." David Connolly is an independent agent, owner of Splinter Group Consulting, and executive vice president of the Cabinetmaker's Association. David…
Distinctively visual images which can be seen, or perceived in the mind can shape the responder understanding of relationship with others plus the world around . The use of distinctively visual features has had a positive effect on my understanding of the novel Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy’s and the painting ‘starry starry night’ by Vincent van Gogh. This has been done through distinctively visual features such as descriptive and emotive language in Maestro and the use of colour, shading, lighting and placement in ‘starry starry night’.In saying this, this gives evidence as I do strongly agree with the statement ‘‘The visual image has a significant impact on the way the responder is positioned to react to a text’. This will be seen through…
If someone likes a pair of sneakers and that pair of sneakers is sketched to perfection and hung on a wall, the person will more than likely gravitate towards realizing the intricate stroke patterns of the artist while examining his or her infatuation with the sneaker in a new light. Berger says that “looking” and “seeing” are two extremely different words used “a bit loosely” (Berger 12). Most people often go to museums and galleries and just “look” at paintings of so much worth, value, and meaning instead of “seeing” the bigger picture. Seeing, to Berger, understands the intentions of the artist and some sort of respect. “People who respond immediately and surely to works of art… are often quite as incapable of talking sense about aesthetics”, meaning they concluded “seeing” too quickly, causing them to fail in appreciating the art (Bell 58). Despite their common views on respect towards understanding, Berger viewed everyone’s seeing capabilities as partially influenced by setting unlike Bell, who believes that their appreciation is based off of their personal respect and interest in whatever the object is in the work of art or how they can specifically relate to…
The author suggest that we ask ourselves: “What is the purpose of this work of art (and what is the purpose of art in general)? What does it mean? What is my reaction to the work and why do I feel this way? How do the formal qualities of the work-such as color, its organization, its size and scale-affect my reaction? What do I value in works of art?”…
Discussing the outcome of a Roundtable discussion of federalism in Australia, John Wanna reported that "...all three levels of government - Commonwealth, state/territory and local - tended to see federalism as a malaise, not as a source of effective government" (Wanna 2007: 276).…
Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” is a short story about the future, composed of 92 paragraphs that sends a message that total equality is not worth striving for, for freedom is the cost of equality. Equality is more or less achieved but at the price of freedom and individual achievement. For all of the people to be equal, some people who are stronger that normal, have to wear weights all the time, girls that are more beautiful have to cover their faces. The more advantage they have, the greater the handicap they have to wear and lug around. The setting of the story takes place in two places; one in the living room couch of George and Hazel Bergeron, the other in the television they were watching. In the story, the government enforces laws that make all people equal. While George and hazel are watching television, George talks about the effects of disobeying the society’s laws and thus foreshadows future events. In the middle of the show of ballet dancers dancing, a news report flashes in the screen about their son, Harrison, escaping from jail. Harrison appears in the studio where the ballerinas are dancing and takes of his handicaps, which included his red nose, transmitter, and weights. He also, declares himself as the emperor, and “everybody should do as [he] says at once” (Vonnegut). Harrison chooses an empress and commands the orchestra to play beautiful music. As they dance, they jump in to the air, reaching the climax of the story, and defy the laws of gravity and motion. The Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers, arrives at the scene with a gun and kills both Harrison and his empress. In the end, Hazel starts crying and George walks back in the living room asking why she was crying. Although as usual, Hazel forgets everything that happened and doesn’t remember her son anymore.…
Media depicts women in a subordinate role in relation to men. Media objectifies hyper-sexualized representations of women in order to appeal to the male viewer. Codes of Gender unveils methods used in photography to perpetuate the idea that females are dehumanized subordinate objectified figures. These codes or methods include various actions, poses, or positions female models are forced to perform. For example, the feminine touch, the bashful knee bend, the head tilt, poses lying down, etc. all of which subordinate the female figure in relation to men. Miss Representation gives a broader view into society’s representation of women within media. The film emphasizes the impossible ideal standard, the hyper-sexualization, the objectification, and scrutinization, women must undergo to achieve any type of success in our current society. Miss Representation focuses on the average viewer, whereas Codes of Gender appeals more to intellectual viewer. Although each film takes a different perspective, both address issues women face in society as represented and visualized through media. One thing is clear; media is directly linked to societal beliefs. In order for one to change, we must address and change the…
Slowly, student disapproval began to show. In the December 1906 issue of the Augustana Observer Emil F. Bergeron wrote about the somewhat absent spirit at Augustana. Bergeron, a captain of the 1904 Augustana football team, was confused on how Augustana, once a place where students were proud of their athletic accomplishments, could become such as place of dread. Rival newspapers ran articles describing how honorable and “clean and fair” Augustana athletes had been at previous intercollegiate events. It was surprising then when it was rumored that a reason behind the Synod’s elimination of athletics was for “illcultured behavior” and “degenerated college spirit.” The organized sports did not live up to Bergeron’s recollections. He could not…
Understanding art forms affects individuals in different ways. Such as, informing individual’s art is in the eye of the beholder. It also depends on the art piece—how the viewer interprets the piece. Art comes in all shapes, sizes, and forms, and no art form should be held above another…
In this presentation I will be discussing various artist's and writer's views on the male gaze and present my own ideas on the subject as well.…
Bibliography: 1.Bordo, Susan. "Never Just Images." Seeing and Writing. Ed. Donald McQuade and Christine McQuade. New York, Bedford/St Martin 's, 2000. 236-240.…