Sanctified

1.     Note some words or phrases that are unfamiliar to you or that are used in a special sense.  Define each word, referring to its contextual use in the article.

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2.    Explain how two specific concepts stand out to you as noteworthy in some way. This can be something totally new to you or something that you had never thought about in exactly this way {e.g. seeing it through a new lens}. Refer to each concept in the context of the article.

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3.    Using one of the items above, create a discussion question about the concept. Using “how”, or “in what way” as your beginning will elicit detailed responses instead of simple answers.

4.    What item {or items} did you find confusing, puzzling or perplexing in the articles/video? Email your best question or questions to me for use in class discussion.

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5.    Assume you have to submit the top five concepts from this reading to fellow students. List the five concepts and how they might be important in your growth, either as student of art, or a certain major.

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Solution

6.    Note some words or phrases that are unfamiliar to you or that are used in a special sense.  Define each word, referring to its contextual use in the article.

d)    Sanctified

Sanctified is a word which is new for me and I found it confusing while it referred to art. The meaning of sanctified is something which is declared as holy, pure and free from evil. This term is used for art while referring to art as something divine which was used for decoration of tombs, for instance. The artwork in early times was used for rituals. There is a divine effect and spark in the artwork, which makes it immortal. There is a sort of magic in artwork which makes it immortal, the magic is simple and plain.

e)    Palpable

There is a tendency to interpret art based on attitudinal gestures. There are some sorts of work which tend to persuade viewers and readers. John Keats used the term “palpable”.  The meaning of palpable is something which is very intense, and appears tangible. By palpable we mean that the poem or art is so intense that we can feel it the way writer or artist is trying to show.

f)     Commodification

Commodification means that something is treated as a commodity. This term is used for piece of work and art which is not the commodity of the artist when it comes to the real world. It depends upon the viewer how to interpret it. There is a tendency to interpret art according to different contexts.

7.    Explain how two specific concepts stand out to you as noteworthy in some way. This can be something totally new to you or something that you had never thought about in exactly this way {e.g. seeing it through a new lens}. Refer to each concept in the context of the article.

c)    The article shows that art can be interpreted by the additional material provided by the artists. There is a tendency to control representation of art according to artists’ views. the artist can provide specific title or other mode of explanation to let the people understand art in a specific context like “the battle of waterloo”. The art is not left with the viewers to interpret them according to the visuals; rather artists try to give a sort of direction to his work by giving titles, and so on. This is a unique concept.

d)    I am surprised to read that the artwork loses its position once it leaves the studio, and it depends on the use value. The art can be used for political decisions and according to different contexts. The artists can no longer control or abandon the process of contextual representation of art by different regions and communities of the world. The decision to interpret rests with the world, and artists has less control over the art.

8.    Using one of the items above, create a discussion question about the concept. Using “how”, or “in what way” as your beginning will elicit detailed responses instead of simple answers.

c)    The fact that artists control the interpretation of art based on supplemental material, and the assumption that artist has least control over the representation of art once it leaves the studio are two different things. I don’t understand how the artist can control his artwork through heading only, and how a piece of art is “used” for political gains and different contexts. This is confusing. There is a need to understand that an artwork is accurately conveying its intention like an artist showing the battle of waterloo through work cannot be misinterpreted according to different contexts, because the gist remains there. Secondly, the artist is providing heading or any supplemental material not to control the viewer but to give direction to his work. These are different views, there is no connection.

9.    What item {or items} did you find confusing, puzzling or perplexing in the articles/video? Email your best question or questions to me for use in class discussion.

a) The first point that we tend to represent art on basis of our cultural knowledge, rather than objective view, is something confusing. I don’t understand this concept. This heading is perplexing. We tend to recognize objects in artwork. This needs to clarify.

b) The idea that artists use art for propaganda or to persuade a reader is defined as something negative like Keats say that we hate poems which are palpable. I don’t agree with this. I need further explanation in this regard.

10.  Assume you have to submit the top five concepts from this reading to fellow students. List the five concepts and how they might be important in your growth, either as student of art, or a certain major.

f)     The type of material artists’ use is important as it shows his/her affiliation to different eras like use of marble and ceramics show that artist has an attachment to preindustrial revolution world. The content can be derived from choices of artist about different material. Basically, this is a concept that tiny details give different meaning to art work.

g)    There is a concept that an artist tends to control the context of artwork by giving supplemental material and additional explanations. This shows that the artist does not leave the artwork upon the public and let them contextualize it according to the visuals.

h)    The artwork is something which is not the commodity of writer, and it can be used according to different contexts. The artist has least control over the interpretation of artwork once it leaves the studio.

i)      There is a concept that the life is short, but art is long. This shows that the artist becomes immortal through his/her work of art. Artists tend to seek immortality through their works like comedy, poem writings, and so on.

j)      There is a concept of iconography; this is a traditional way of representation. We tend to see according to our prior knowledge and culture. The innate psychological factors are the basis of iconography.