Midterm by Milknkookiess

Cildo Meireles, Insertions in Ideological Circuits 1: Coca-Cola Project (1970)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:12:59 UTC

Ai Weiwei, Colored Vases (2009-10)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:13:55 UTC

Polykleitos, Doryphorus, c. 450-440 BCE (Roman stone copy of a bronze original)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:14:11 UTC

Hatshepsut, “His majesty, herself” (1478-1459 BCE)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:14:24 UTC

Rebecca Belmore, White Thread (2003)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:14:43 UTC

Voyager Spacecraft (1977)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:15:11 UTC

Xu Bing, A Book from the Sky (1988)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:15:51 UTC

Tara Donovan, Untitled (2003)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:16:03 UTC

Augustus of Primaporta, copy of a bronze original (ca. 20 BCE)

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:16:50 UTC

Wilfried Laurier University history professors Dr. Kim Anderson and Dr. Lianne Leddy performance in response to Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue on their campus, 2015

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 04:19:11 UTC

visual representation of gender

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 05:03:44 UTC

keywords:

representation, visual culture, aesthetics,

ideology, the ideal, power, memorial, contrapposto, humanism, classicism

similarities: using statuary to present the ideal human (male) form, evoking the typical stereotype of power, authority, and strength via pose, musculature, and body language.

differences: ultimately, artifacts do not entirely represent raw history

hatshepsut had to present herself as a man to ascend to the throne (to be taken seriously), so it wasn’t entirely out of her own full will

doryphoros was the static embodiment of the perfect, ideal human body which was the very thing she had to strive for

the intentions behind why the statue was created is the ultimate difference

attempt of communication can be truly meaningless in the face of the unprecedented, unknown, uneducated

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 05:30:57 UTC

fetishization of cultural artifacts, language and culture from the western world

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 05:34:32 UTC

subtle (american) propaganda instilled by bias and a sense of historical superiority

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 05:39:03 UTC

representation of the “ideal” change over time

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 05:48:53 UTC

beauty and non-beauty nestled in the same place

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 05:53:53 UTC

difference: environmental vs human struggle? i mean both are connected back to humanity in a way, but both symbolizes it in a different light

could be metaphor for the glorification of something beautiful masking something bad, that it blinds us from seeing the ultimate truth in our biological bias to be attracted to something of visually appealing nature

art form is presented as “uncomfortable” to both author and viewer to physically convey a deeper message

eunchaekim7 — 2024-10-18 06:14:35 UTC