Modernism and Postmodernism

Modernism is the subjective artistic response to the world during the industrial revolution and modernity. As the city developed, the artists within those cities evolved with it, and it shows within their art. It doesn't just show in art in general, it shows in things like fashion at the time and peoples surroundings in terms of design. The art movement stopped looking backward and started to look foreword in a sense. People incorporated new ideas into art rather than sticking to conventional means.

Postmodernism, in contrast, can be seen as the refusal of modernity. At this time art was broken down into its essence. Art became contrary to the norm, and took on a whole new role in society. Postmodernism broke the rules in saying what was and wasn't art.

Responsive to COP Essay

For my responsive i created a propaganda poster advertising the show Squirrel and Hedgehog, a North Korean Propaganda Cartoon.

I used the art style used in the television series, and this was especially difficult because of the low budget nature of the show.

I had to ignore depth and correct proportioning in order to do this. Im pretty sure I became a worse artist after finishing this poster. If I had the choice to do this again, I wouldn't. This responsive hurt me spiritually.

Animation

Animation is derived from the word animate, which means "to give life to". Its usage has not only been constrained to the 1900s, many forms of classical usages of animation have been created, such as the Thaumatrope and the Magic Lantern. It is a form in which stories and ideas can be told. During the 1900s when modern animation was invented, it was originally used as a form of advertising in a match commercial. After that it became more widespread and common. By 1928 animation had developed enough technically, artistically and importantly commercially. It became commercially viable and extremely popular. From then on it just became more and more widespread in its usage and more and more ways of creating animation were created and put into the mix. Nowadays you can turn on any television and see at least some form of animated sequence in 10 minutes of watching.

Photography

Photography is used in both a sense of documentation and art. What is best is when both are used in combination to give a sense of depth to the subject you are photographing. People have used photography to show the horrors of war, great revolutions, and moments in history. It can capture individualism and the power of the masses. It can show the beauty of nature and the ingenuity of the human condition. In its early history it was only considered a tool to document, and not as a form of expression, but over time it became well accepted within the art community.

Advertising

Advertising is often considered a tool used by capitalism to change established values within society, Advertising has gotten slack for being considered evil. It has influenced us in what we believe we need and want, and use stereotypes of sexes and races to sell a product. But many good things about advertising has come to the forefront. It can drive entire economies, it can show creativity, and it create persuasive communication to fufill peoples dreams. It is a very powerful form of art. It can influence pop culture, in many entertaining ways. It can enlighten and inspire ideas and revolutions. It reflects values, hopes and dreams for many individuals. So advertising is like anything, it has good sides and bad sides to it.

Mass Communication

Mass Communication is the method in which ideas are spread throughout the masses. In an art context, it is widely used in Graphic Design, Advertising, and Communication Design. Whether or not those ideas are communicated with words or shapes is up to the creator of each piece. People throughout the years have used mass communication in things like propaganda campaigns, advertising for a product, graphic design, and many other things. The reason graphic design cant be clumped in with advertising is because instead of creating a piece to communicate a product, Graphic designers use mass communication to show ideas and philosophy.

Illustration

Illustration has been used in Hundreds of formats since its beginning. Believed to be started with Illuminated Manuscripts, Illustration has helped guide our imaginations in the written format for many years. Since then it has evolved into a way to portray ideas through still image to people. It is the combination of Concept, Context, and Image, meaning you make an image with a concept within a context. It's used in many forms of Advertising as well as propaganda. It could be said that Animation is Illustration but in movement. Which is like next level Illustration in a way. Still, there is something to be said with being able to get across an idea with using 2-d still images.

The History of Print

In our COP lecture we went over how print has changed over the years. Print can be dated back to prehistoric times, since cavemen used to make negative space prints of their hands. Print is used in a multitude of ways, from making books and writing to making woodblock print paintings like Albrecht Durer and the Japanese style woodblock prints. It is used mostly in the form of mass communication. Graphic Designers in the 1900s used Woodblock type to form typographical paintings. It is an interesting art form, and I cant help but think that somewhere it has been used in animation.