FAH355H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Philip James De Loutherbourg, Caspar David Friedrich, Ai Weiwei
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Edward francis burney, eidophusikon and a scene from pandemonium. People going to see it as if it"s the cinema. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Broke the boundaries between the frame + art. People had a hunger of scenes of nature. Coalbrookdale by night 1801 by philip james de loutherbourg. Depicting the industrial revolution -> dramatic image. Lots of what"s shown is artificial. (artificial clouds) Competition between human made light source (burning coal) and natural light of the moon: tension b/w what humans have done and nature. If anthropocene is defined as human intervention is a force of nature. then philip is showing exactly that. Industrial wasteland -> people around are observing and living around it. Contemplative sublime i"m alone in the universe kind of sublime. There used to be sailboats in the distance the artist painted it over. You can"t stop looking can"t escape the thinking of one"s position in the universe.
