Introduction

This website will demonstrate the understanding of what different artists portray within their art work. Art has a meaning in many ways as there are many ways of seeing art, one might see it differently to others. The example given will be backed up by using the book "Practices of Looking : An Introduction to Visual Culture"
by Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright, two leading scholars in the emergent and dynamic field of visual culture and communication, and John Berger with his book, "Ways of Seeing", as an art critic, author and painter, Berger explains what is involved in seeing, do we accept images we see from what we know? 

Visual culture is our main source of communication, everyday we see images and meanings by visual technologies that allow the local and global rotation of ideas, information, and politics. We translate and understand the many ways that our everyday lives are organized around looking practices and the many images we encounter each day.

Below are the series of images that will be demonstrated.

Joseph Kosuth, “one and three chairs” (1965)

 

Ed Pfizenmaier, "Marilyn Monroe; Cecil Beaton" (1924)

 Man Ray, "Le Violon D ingres" (1924)

 Robert Frank, "City of London" (1951)

Dorothea Lange, "Migrant Around the Bend" (1936)

Steve McCurry, "Afghan Girl"

(1972)                                                        (2002) 

 

Taylor J

"Invaders"

C215 "Around the Bend"

August Sanders, "Pastrycook" (1928)