Bell discredits representation (and therefore photography) as true art. Due to its basis in our physical world, it is distracting from the aesthetic emotion experienced through significant form. Though I acknowledge that simply snapping a picture of whatever one sees fit should not constitute as true art, I believe that some photography can definitely have artistic value. Take, for example, a wedding photo. If captured correctly, a very emotional moment can be frozen in time and relived for years to come. One can't argue that love is one of the most intense and "other worldly" human emotion-arguably beyond normal emotions and therefore possibly sublime or a form of aesthetic emotion. Of the thinkers we have studied so far, a common theme of emotion as an integral requisite for art has emerged. If representation can trigger recollection of such a strong emotion, I believe that it definitely has artistic value.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Representation
Bell discredits representation (and therefore photography) as true art. Due to its basis in our physical world, it is distracting from the aesthetic emotion experienced through significant form. Though I acknowledge that simply snapping a picture of whatever one sees fit should not constitute as true art, I believe that some photography can definitely have artistic value. Take, for example, a wedding photo. If captured correctly, a very emotional moment can be frozen in time and relived for years to come. One can't argue that love is one of the most intense and "other worldly" human emotion-arguably beyond normal emotions and therefore possibly sublime or a form of aesthetic emotion. Of the thinkers we have studied so far, a common theme of emotion as an integral requisite for art has emerged. If representation can trigger recollection of such a strong emotion, I believe that it definitely has artistic value.
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