The Freedom of Art | On Greenberg’s Modernist Painting

The Freedom of Art | On Greenberg’s Modernist Painting

27th May2022 11:08:00 PM
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 Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1904.In response to Greenberg’s views regarding Modernist Art, I do agree on the point that Greenberg made that Modernist Art became like a continuation of what was already established in the past while trying to be a new ground for the curation of a foundation of trying to implement a movement that is homegrown in
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On Taste | On David Hume's Of the Standard of Taste

On Taste | On David Hume's Of the Standard of Taste

29th April2022 11:09:00 PM
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 In response to David Hume’s "Of the Standard of Taste," I would like to present the 2008 film, The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan to express how this certain film is supposed to be considered aesthetically pleasing in correspondence with the criteria expounded by Hume in his work. This film is regarded as one of the greatest
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On Screen | On Benjamin’s Mechanical Reproduction

On Screen | On Benjamin’s Mechanical Reproduction

18th March2022 09:38:00 PM
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 Buy Bust Trailer (2018)As a response to Walter Benjamin’s essay, I would like to focus on his take on films by referencing Erik Matti’s Buy Bust (2016). Buy Bust has provided a new set of perspectives that might have actually happened during President Duterte’s war on drugs, mainly about police corruption and how people in the slum areas suffer
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Art Evokes Emotions | On Plato and Aristotle

Art Evokes Emotions | On Plato and Aristotle

18th February2022 07:10:00 PM
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 Photos from: https://www.afar.com/places/memorial-to-the-murdered-jews-of-europe-berlinIn response to this week’s discussion, I will use the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe made by Peter Eisenman to reflect my thoughts on the topic, but before that, I’d like to elaborate on the opinions of both Plato and Aristotle.It was stated in the readings that Plato had a strong opinion regarding art
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The GomBurZa Effect | On T.J. Clark’s Painting in the Year Two

The GomBurZa Effect | On T.J. Clark’s Painting in the Year Two

03th December2021 10:59:00 PM
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 [Photo from The Heirs of Saprid and Clip from Youtube]As a response to our recent discussions regarding the French Revolution, I have chosen to spotlight the death of the GomBurZa as it reminded me of the function of the death of Marat. The monument in the picture was made by Solomon Saprid and the film clip is from
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A Revolutionary Collage | On Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

A Revolutionary Collage | On Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

12th November2021 09:59:00 PM
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Hannah Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919I have chosen this Dada photomontage or collage entitled: “Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany” made by Hannah Höch which features the fragmentation of life in Germany during 1919, wherein the ill
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Just A Puppet | On Plato’s Philosophy of Dance

Just A Puppet | On Plato’s Philosophy of Dance

22th October2021 09:43:00 PM
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 You’re just a puppet by Andrei DonisaThe artwork that I have chosen features an image of a puppet which signifies the idea of control and limitation. I have chosen this for this week’s journal because it is relevant with Plato’s belief in terms of ruling a state. Even though Plato views art as an imitation of the ideas
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