We are immersed in our own time and it can be difficult to see
the world around us objectively. One of the modern definitions of an artist, in
fact, is someone who is particularly insightful about their own cultural moment.
Thanks to global capitalism, social media and the internet, we are more
interconnected and interdependent than at any other time in history.
The history of humanity is recorded in our visual culture. Like the fate of
previous civilizations, time will eventually destroy much of the visual culture
that we are familiar with today. Future art historians will seek to reconstruct
the world we now live in, to better understand the nuanced meanings that are so
familiar to us. Perhaps someday an art historian will puzzle over an internet
meme, a Torqued Ellipse by Richard Serra, or school-yard graffiti.
To understand art, first you have to look at it very closely, look at every single detail and understand what did the artist was trying to tell with his painting.
If I learn to look at art I will have a better understanding of world around me
the world around us objectively. One of the modern definitions of an artist, in
fact, is someone who is particularly insightful about their own cultural moment.
Thanks to global capitalism, social media and the internet, we are more
interconnected and interdependent than at any other time in history.
The history of humanity is recorded in our visual culture. Like the fate of
previous civilizations, time will eventually destroy much of the visual culture
that we are familiar with today. Future art historians will seek to reconstruct
the world we now live in, to better understand the nuanced meanings that are so
familiar to us. Perhaps someday an art historian will puzzle over an internet
meme, a Torqued Ellipse by Richard Serra, or school-yard graffiti.
To understand art, first you have to look at it very closely, look at every single detail and understand what did the artist was trying to tell with his painting.
If I learn to look at art I will have a better understanding of world around me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pWZBOR4ec&feature=player_embedded,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OloYD_kSbU&feature=player_embedded
Image: http://www.murraystate.edu/Academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfHumanitiesAndFineArts/ArtAndDesign/concentrations/ArtHistory.aspx
Here you can find all the history of the art since the caveman:
http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OloYD_kSbU&feature=player_embedded
Image: http://www.murraystate.edu/Academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfHumanitiesAndFineArts/ArtAndDesign/concentrations/ArtHistory.aspx
Here you can find all the history of the art since the caveman:
http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history