ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rudolf Arnheim, Semiotics, Roland Barthes
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Subject matter: object or content, how an image asks us to look at it (e. g. what is within the picture) Worldviews: modes/methods of apprehending reality (it can be comprehensive encompasses the understanding of the world), there are different worldviews depending on different communities. Engraving limits, the amount of detail and the specific elements within the original artistic piece. As it was copied again and again, it removed the sense of legitimacy but it aided scientific developments/inquiry. Photograph: able to depict or present an accuracy of reporting, it is considered to be purer more true (as it does not distort the true meaning) The illustrated press begun circa 1855 in english and then france + germany (when images started appearing on newspapers) and they mainly consisted of lithographs/engravings. Late 19th/early 20th century the lithography was then surpassed with photographic images. Transparency/immediacy: true image of reality, sense of immediate capture.
