FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Birdstone, Edward Burtynsky, Grey Day
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We need to say what we see but we need to really see what we see. Look at things with critical eye and analytic skill. Sometimes we look at something but we"re unsure of what we"re even looking at (cid:498)vision itself has its history. (cid:499) heinrich wolfflin. The way we see has a history. To view & understand art requires visual strata of art. Centres of culture & production of art, development of artistic technique, centers of artistic individuals. Occupy increasing significance in presence in human society. World population & urban population are proportionate to each other. Cities are meant to be experienced visually (cid:498)a city is a work of art. (cid:499) How we shape our ideas of art may be governed by the cities we"re in. But the lack of record, writing does not let us know for sure. Disappearance of birdstones are correlated to the change in lifestyles.
