Digital Art
The video started out by explaining how the experience of viewing art has changed with the ability to easily recreate an image with a camera. I agree with John Berger's view that how someone views a piece of art can be greatly changed by the environment in which the piece is being viewed. For example, if you casually look at a painting in a magazine, you'll have a very different experience than if you were in a quiet art museum. The value of the art piece has also changed over time. Before we could duplicate and easily share art work, viewing the original piece in person held much more significance. Now anyone can google a piece a art and find multiple different picture or copies of the same piece.
I also found it very interesting when he zoomed in on the details of the painting of Jesus carrying the cross. Just from the camera angle and what it was zoomed in on changed the meaning of the painting. When I saw the painting as a whole I wasn't exactly sure what the painting was of. I was very surprised by the many different uses the painting could have when zoomed in on small details. Berger used the examples of a landscape painting to a religious painting showing many people praying.
It also surprised me how much the painting could change based on context. When the video first showed the last painting Van Gough painted it just looked like a landscape, but when I was told it was his last painting before he killed himself it made the painting much more dark and gloomy. Similarly, the painting of the four people sitting around a table of food changed as the music did. What I interpreted the scene to be was drastically different when the Italian opera music was playing then when the choral music was playing. Berger also touched on how people interpret the paintings is changed by their own experiences. It was interesting how all the girls thought the main person was a woman and how the boys thought it was a man.
I also found it very interesting when he zoomed in on the details of the painting of Jesus carrying the cross. Just from the camera angle and what it was zoomed in on changed the meaning of the painting. When I saw the painting as a whole I wasn't exactly sure what the painting was of. I was very surprised by the many different uses the painting could have when zoomed in on small details. Berger used the examples of a landscape painting to a religious painting showing many people praying.
It also surprised me how much the painting could change based on context. When the video first showed the last painting Van Gough painted it just looked like a landscape, but when I was told it was his last painting before he killed himself it made the painting much more dark and gloomy. Similarly, the painting of the four people sitting around a table of food changed as the music did. What I interpreted the scene to be was drastically different when the Italian opera music was playing then when the choral music was playing. Berger also touched on how people interpret the paintings is changed by their own experiences. It was interesting how all the girls thought the main person was a woman and how the boys thought it was a man.
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