CAN ART BE MECHANICALLY REPRODUCED?

I have some opinions that are a little different, but overall GREAT PRESENTATION WEEK 3!!

I believe that a piece of art having been reproduced for so many times, is still art. I feel as reproducing it is just a way of sharing it. It may not have the same quality as the original because it is after all just a copy. If it was said that it was not art anymore, it is like saying that a photograph is not a photograph anymore if many copies were made of it. The importance of mechanical reproducibility is that now art is available to anyone who is interested, it isn't just for the rich anymore. Being able to put images onto newspapers and books is huge, it gives the reader more of an understanding of what the article or story may be saying in words. Now it can be seen. A very good example of the impact of mechanical reproducibility on society is the camera. Although it gave the greater mass of the population the power to create their own art, it affected those who had jobs in the field. Such as those who had the skills to produce what these machines could do. Photography is both art, and a tool used by artists. It plays first as a tool that creates beautiful art. Whomever the photographer is, gives us a different perspective on a subject matter. We may see an object just as an object, but the photographer can manipulate angles, light, and lenses to get a different perspective on it. The reason that Henry P. Robinson created fading away was to create the feeling of feelings and emotion. This idea is so great because it is not more than just a picture, its more than that now.

P O R T R A I T S

Way back when, portraits were painted. It was those with money that had the pleasure to have their portrait painted. Having a portrait of yourself signified that you were upper class. According to Gisele Freud it was 'the bourgeoisie had already manifested its profound need for self-glorification, a need which provoked the development of new forms and techniques of portraiture.' The rising classes had also started to use the artistic conventions that the nobility has used, although changing it to meet their own demands. This is where painted portraits began to transform into photographed portraits.

                               Painted Portrait                                                 Photographed Portrait

Money was very important, being that a portrait would cost a lot of money, the solution was to find a faster and cheaper way of getting them. There were two ways that photography was practiced in the 1850's. One was was mainly used in a studio using the wet collodion, the other being mainly used in the great outdoors to capture scenery using a calotype. It was the use of the calotype that was used often because "it was lighter, robust and cheap" ... "favoured by amateurs such as Victor Regnault, Edouard Loydreau, Baron Louis- Adolphe Humbert de Molard, Paul Jeuffrain, Louis-Remy Robert, and others, as it also was by professionals such as Charles Negre and William John Newton who, being painters as well as photographers, entertained the hope of combining commercial activity with photography which aimed to be artistic."

   Picture taken in Mont Tremblant, Quebec                           Picture taken in front of Notre Dame in Paris, France ^

                                                        Picture taken in the Atrium of George Brown College

Pictures can now be taken and printed in a matter of minutes! Today ANYONE can be the photographer, ANYONE can be the subject. It does not matter the rank of your social net worth anymore, it only matters now if you can get a hold of a camera.


B I B L I O G R A P H Y

Freud, Gisele. Photograpic Portrait. Print.

Lemagny, Jean-Claude, and Andre%u0301 Rouille%u0301. A History of Photography: Social and Cultural Perspectives. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire: Cambridge UP, 1987. Print.

"Artwork «." Web. 17 Feb. 2011. <http://heatherelizabeth.wordpress.com/tag/artwork/>.

"Queen Victoria." The Victorian Web: An Overview. Web. 17 Jan. 2011. <http://www.victorianweb.org/vn/victor6.html>.

I N S P I R A T I O N

Before someone decided to invent the camera, or even before someone decided to take pictures, they were inspired. Inspiration is the cause that people do the things that they love, and the effect is amazing art created by pictures. 

                          I wanted to add this picture I came across when I was looking for screen savers.

                              My thoughts on it was that it capture the butterflies so BEAUTIFULLY the vibrant

                                   colors were just showcasing the butterflies in the vibrant green background.

Baking was not my first career choice. In high school I had always wanted to be a Forensic Analyst, although in grade 11 it all changed for me. I though that being a Forensic Analyst would be a great career, although I would not really be into it. Baking however inspired me to combine what I did best. To cook and be creative. Making cakes combine both of what I LLOOVVEE to do. So, it was no question that I would pursue a career in it.

I N T R O D U C T I O N

My Name is Kris Francisco. I am currently in the Baking and Pastry Arts program at George Brown. I love science, cooking and arts, baking is a way for me to combine all of that. The best part about baking is that i get to do what i LOVE to do which is to create beautiful cakes.

                                                   For my 18th Birthday i made my own cake!
    
Photography is an outlet to show memories that i have to everyone interested in taking a look. I hope that even though this is a school project, that i get to share what i mean by "I get to do what i LOVE to do which is to create beautiful cakes." with everyone =) Now it took a while to ffiiiinnnaaalllyyy get this started but here it is!