JAV120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nicéphore Niépce, Visual Concepts, John Berger
11 Apr 2018
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Vibrant and exciting - challenging and disturbing: art in context (social, cultural, political, modernism (1900-1965, postmodernism (1965- present) Contemporary means what is happening now, or at the same time as . For leonardo da vinci, art and drawing was a way of understanding life. Patrons would force artists" to paint for them, the painting in the sistine chapel was forced , therefore it isn"t considered art. The paintings were used to instruct life to people by the paintings. The revolutions of the late 18th century - french revolution, american revolution. The role of photography in the development of visual arts. 1826 - joseph nicephore niepce achieves rst photograph. 1878 - muybridge photographs human and animal locomotion. 1900 - rst mass marketed camera; the brownie.
