IPHY 2420 1nd Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture – October 8, 2014I. Nopal Cactus & RembrandtII. Duchamp – The BottlerackIII. The ReadymadeIV. The First Independent’s Exhibition of ART V. Duchamp – The Bride Stripped by her BachelorsVI. IndexVII. Automatic vs. Autographic Paintings:VIII. TOPHAT QUESTIONSOutline of Current Lecture – October 10, 2014I. Greenberg II. SteinbergCurrent Lecture:I. Greenberg: - Relationships between different studies – borrowing from other sources.- Art is a whole value system and valuable in its own right – art is autonomous.- Greenberg is whom the post-modern disagrees with. - Each art domain has its own tools and values to be borrowed from (literature andart) - Art strives to achieve its own “PURITY” or spirit – art and literature are trying to purify themselves in there own terms and in themselves.- Purification from flatness of painting – modernist should bring life and depth andtexture.- One to one ratio of art and the viewer – the eye and sight have a different type ofexperience than touch or smell. This experience is intelligent and not physical.3 Main Themes for Greenberg:1. Autonomy of Medium Specify: Purify specific quality and value of the art pieceThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.2. Orientation with the Viewer: One to One ratio – experience between viewer and the painting.3. Depth: Figurative or literal travel of intellectual thought through the eye. II. Steinberg:- Direct response to Greenberg – IT IS NOT ABOUT PURITY. - Terms that Greenberg was using no longer fits into art. - The orientation with viewer is no longer about the viewer; instead the painting is holding the power and putting the viewer in a position.- Instead of vertical experience it is horizontal- this relates to INDEX.- Index: When something leaves a lasting impact or impression on art – physical altercation, relationship based on impact and impression. Not based on representation or symbols. - “No law against painting a rug on the
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