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Hi,
I am really, really stuck with an essay topic I need to write:
"analyse the aesthetic impact of photography on the art world of the 19th century"
I really dont know where to start, I thought about writing a little each about
-19th century art before photography (talk about artistic styles?)
-the emerence of photography itself - what the new medium was
-what effect it had on artists, either them using it as aid or surrendering to it completely
-focusing on perhaps manet and the execution of maximillian as a case study of photographic use -
- perhaps using hill and adamson as example of artist who turned to photography but used painting and aesthetic (constructions such as hill and adamson)
-talking about impressionist movement away from realism.
someone reccommended talking about the pre-raphaelites, but i am not sure how they were affected by the aesthetics of photography and why??
Also I was recommended I should talk about institutions such as the royal academy and french salons who curated art, does that mean to study when photography became apparent in exhibitions or when institutions such as these curated the art that was influenced by photography..
I am really stuck and I haven't brought myself to write anything yet.The assesment is due in under a week and I've been going round in circles in anxiety, wondering if I am on the right track..
Its 2500 words, I don't know what to do or where to start.
If anyone can offer any help AT ALL I would really, really appreciate it.
Many thanks,
Colin
Hi,
I am really, really stuck with an essay topic I need to write:
"analyse the aesthetic impact of photography on the art world of the 19th century"
I really dont know where to start, I thought about writing a little each about
-19th century art before photography (talk about artistic styles?)
-the emerence of photography itself - what the new medium was
-what effect it had on artists, either them using it as aid or surrendering to it completely
-focusing on perhaps manet and the execution of maximillian as a case study of photographic use -
- perhaps using hill and adamson as example of artist who turned to photography but used painting and aesthetic (constructions such as hill and adamson)
-talking about impressionist movement away from realism.
someone reccommended talking about the pre-raphaelites, but i am not sure how they were affected by the aesthetics of photography and why??
Also I was recommended I should talk about institutions such as the royal academy and french salons who curated art, does that mean to study when photography became apparent in exhibitions or when institutions such as these curated the art that was influenced by photography..
I am really stuck and I haven't brought myself to write anything yet.The assesment is due in under a week and I've been going round in circles in anxiety, wondering if I am on the right track..
Its 2500 words, I don't know what to do or where to start.
If anyone can offer any help AT ALL I would really, really appreciate it.
Many thanks,
Colin
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