Post by Ken (INTJ) on Oct 21, 2018 14:55:38 GMT
This research team defines, identifies, and investigates right-wing art to discover its distinct qualities and its effects.
Last round, we focused on individual artists. This round, we focus on genres of art. We will define a genre as a style not particular to one artist, but shared by more than one artist. Furthermore, we will define a genre as rooted in particular origins: geography, national history, class, religion, time period and life experience.
We could consider the "pepe the frog" meme to have its own sort of genre. Developing over several years, pepe memes became artistically complex but always referred back to a basic symbolism and personality. In essence, the study of genre is a kind of study of memetics.
Moving away from the extremely specific and narrow timescale of memes, we could consider the "western canon," broadly described by art historian Camille Paglia as "stretching from Egypt to Pop Culture," as the broadest concept of "genre." In this case, the genre is not centered on one specific personality or symbol, but encompasses an entire civilization, originating within the Indo-European diaspora across the Mediterranean and Indian subcontinent.
I leave it to the discretion of individuals to decide the scope of their investigation, ranging from fleeting memes to civilizations. The more usual examples, of course, would be "Impressionism," "Romanticism," "Realism," "Cubism," etc.
Remember, however, that we could also speak of musical genres, genres of sculpture, genres of architecture. Some genres cover a number of media: there is Baroque music, and Baroque architecture -- Socialist Realist painting, and Socialist Realist sculpture.
The rules are:
1. You must embed at least one piece of media or a link to media in your post. For visual art, this would be a picture -- for film, a video -- for music, a video with audio. If you don't know how to do this, ask for help below this post.
This round will be spaced out to allow for greater thought and feedback. Reserve one of the slots below, first come first serve:
[The title of your thread should be as listed next to your name]
November 16: Ainsworth; RA3, 2018 November 16th. [Title]
November 17: Ken; RA3, 2018 November 17th. [Title]
November 18: napoleoff; RA3, 2018 November 18th. [Title]
November 20: Venny Flennard; RA3, 2018 November 20th. [Title]
November 22: flimp; RA3, 2018 November 22nd. [Title]
November 24: Slotahimself; RA3, 2018 November 24th. [Title]
Last round, we focused on individual artists. This round, we focus on genres of art. We will define a genre as a style not particular to one artist, but shared by more than one artist. Furthermore, we will define a genre as rooted in particular origins: geography, national history, class, religion, time period and life experience.
We could consider the "pepe the frog" meme to have its own sort of genre. Developing over several years, pepe memes became artistically complex but always referred back to a basic symbolism and personality. In essence, the study of genre is a kind of study of memetics.
Moving away from the extremely specific and narrow timescale of memes, we could consider the "western canon," broadly described by art historian Camille Paglia as "stretching from Egypt to Pop Culture," as the broadest concept of "genre." In this case, the genre is not centered on one specific personality or symbol, but encompasses an entire civilization, originating within the Indo-European diaspora across the Mediterranean and Indian subcontinent.
I leave it to the discretion of individuals to decide the scope of their investigation, ranging from fleeting memes to civilizations. The more usual examples, of course, would be "Impressionism," "Romanticism," "Realism," "Cubism," etc.
Remember, however, that we could also speak of musical genres, genres of sculpture, genres of architecture. Some genres cover a number of media: there is Baroque music, and Baroque architecture -- Socialist Realist painting, and Socialist Realist sculpture.
The rules are:
1. You must embed at least one piece of media or a link to media in your post. For visual art, this would be a picture -- for film, a video -- for music, a video with audio. If you don't know how to do this, ask for help below this post.
This round will be spaced out to allow for greater thought and feedback. Reserve one of the slots below, first come first serve:
[The title of your thread should be as listed next to your name]
November 16: Ainsworth; RA3, 2018 November 16th. [Title]
November 17: Ken; RA3, 2018 November 17th. [Title]
November 18: napoleoff; RA3, 2018 November 18th. [Title]
November 20: Venny Flennard; RA3, 2018 November 20th. [Title]
November 22: flimp; RA3, 2018 November 22nd. [Title]
November 24: Slotahimself; RA3, 2018 November 24th. [Title]
