Week 10 Video Review

He believed that good art can come from anywhere. The results will settle everything from prejudice or preconception that someone may have. He also believes in fining the art down. The discussion is based on the place of values in judgements with modern criticism in art.

Greenberg on Pollock: An Interview by T. J. Clark

He believed that transitional paintings, the artist seemed to know that his paintings were transitional, not murals. He soon walked away from the traditional modern painting, and wanted to find his way to the edges to the paper rather than the edges being given, as they would on a stretched canvas

An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance (Giorgio Vasari)

Giotto "reinvented" the Roman style which soon began to influence many others. Masaccio was known for bringing drama in to the picture he was painting. da Vinci used what he knew with his art work, and was known for blending edges. The art based off the Renaissance was to reinforce the once believed concepts of perspective, balance, composition and realism.

The Critics: Stories from the Inside Pages

Critics are obviously very important with art, however a good critic will know the correct thing to say. The critics allow things to be said in order for others to speak out about the work. Good criticism gives the buyer a better "bang for your buck". Critics also allow artists to keep up on their skill, and may prevent from slacking. The critics may also give popularity to the artists work. The criticism is the media improves media art itself.

The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture

France was initially misrepresented at the Worlds Fair. At the World's Fair, people were displayed next to animals in cages. Many images from Africa show violent behavior toward one another. The Dahome exhibit consisted of a group of thatched structures meaning there was no roads or highways and such.

Jackson Pollock: Michael Fried and T. J. Clark in Conversation

The amount of material that should be covered is argued among critics. Throughout the film Fried and Clark argue with one another. Fried believes Pollock focused on pictorial elements and was due to his move to abstract art.

I believe the first film, Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T. J. Clark may relate. The movie states "The experience is there and make you want to think"... With the firefighting theme I chose, the experience can be seen for myself along with others if they were involved in firefighting as well. The films were very in depth but seemed outdated. He seemed rather uninterested in what the interviewer was thinking and believed that since he was young, he did not know what was needed to understand about art. Was not a big fan of this segment, although I enjoyed seeing the mural pictures in the beginning of the film. The large "moveable" pictures were very nice.