According to Wikipedia, Matthew Collings is a "British art critic, writer, broadcaster, and artist. His creditability is built by his education, background, and experience with art being an art critic and artist himself.
Unlike the other movies we watch, where one artist was discussed, Collings chose to discuss art over a period of time. I believe his chose to do this in order to show how people and art changed over time. By covering the Enlightenment, Renaissance, and the French Revolution he is allowing the viewer not only to understand the mechanics of the artwork, but the history that spurred the creation of the art.
What I liked about Collings storytelling was that he used history to explain the paintings instead of supplying bits and pieces as background information. I feel that this allowed the viewer to have a better understanding of painting. I actually feel that Collings is my favorite storyteller up until this point. Maybe its because history has always been a passion of mine more so than art, but I feel that Collings allowed me to understand these pieces of art better than the other storytellers.
I believe that the image of World Trade Centers collapsing is definitely an image that survive to speak to future generations. This is one of the greatest attacks of American soil in history. I see it as a major turning point in not only American History but also global history.
Discussion Question:
Do you feel like the artwork that is being produced in our lifetimes will last as long as the artworks we have discussed in class thus far?
Meg, I like the use of the image of the world trade center. Your responses are thorough and easily understandable. The pictures you chose are very high quality and I enjoy looking at them.
ReplyDeleteI honestly believe they will last a very long time because artsists of our time are using techniques from impressionism, cubism, surrealism, etc. in all of their paintings. They are also bring a fresh new style when creating their paintings. There has been so many great developments in producing art that there is a serious chance that they will be deemed "classic." Technology and other developments will also our art to be preserved for a great amount of time.
I think what happend on 9/11 would last longer than some of the paintings we have seen. Now the known artists for years will continue to live on. But not some other ones we have covered.
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