* When Gutenberg invented the printing press he made it so that books and information in general could be spread much faster and cheaper. Text's were not in as much risk of being tampered with now as they were when they were hand copied, and you could print many copies before the metal wore down, as opposed to the wood block splitting after a few uses.
2) Please discuss how you think these advancements continue to influence contemporary art making.
* I beieve that these advancments show that there is no limit to what can be used to creat art. Anything and everything can be used to voice an opinion or evoke an emotion.
3) Thinking about these issues, how does photocopier art relate to the history of the letterpress? How is it similar? How is it different?
* It's similar because it can reproduce and distribute an art piece rapidly and relativly cheaply. It's different because most people in todays world probably are not as impressed with it as the people were way back when. Some critics might not even consider it true art.
4) Briefly do a search for contemporary print work and, after you have found two or three images you like, post them to your blog.
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redbubble.com, lindastillman.com, stylehive.com
5) Please look up a few of the words you are not sure about the meaning of. Make a list of the words and their definitions on your blog. Please use dictionaries and encyclopedias or other valid sources (they can be online, but not wikipedia or any other such public website) for this exercise.
(www.dictionary.com)
* - Piety: reverence for god or devout fulfillment of religious obligations
- Preeminence: of being superior
- Scholarship: learning; knowledge acquired by study
- Zines: abbrveation for magazine (why couldn't they just type those four other letters?)
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ReplyDeleteA zine is not quite the same thing as a magazine. In general it refers to a self published and often inexpensively produced periodical. Zines are often free or close to it and produced for the dissemination of information rather than profit.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when you are using an artist's work you must credit the artist, not just the website where you found it.