FILM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medieval Philosophy, Digital Image, Counterpoint
26 Sep 2018
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Start by considering the art piece the treachery of images by ren magritte (which will be referenced later) The way we approach the world and through what focus we view it has changed drastically over time. For example, ancient medieval philosophy was largely concerned with objects and things. 17th century to 19th century - concerned with ideas. 20th century - concerned with words and language; language is the key to everything. If we understand language we understand everything, and if we understand how language deceives us, we understand how we misrepresent the world around us. Some will say that this claim is utterly na ve. Joseph kosuth"s one and three chairs, 1965, is an art piece in which there is a image of a chair, a real chair, and a dictionary definition of a chair in a gallery. Images do not refer to reality, they refer to other images.
