LAS/432 LAS432 LAS 432 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1 Technology and Art

LAS 432 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1 Technology and Art

Technology and Art

We normally think of the arts as very different from technologies in spite of the fact that art (with perhaps a few exceptions) is practiced with the help of technology. This practice creates interdependence between technology and art. To what extent does art respond to, or is shaped by, the technology that enables it? To what extent have advanced and accessible digital technologies, such as websites, digital photography, and YouTube, changed the relationship between art and technology? Are these technologies reshaping our attitudes toward artists?

This week we are reading about the great Modernist tradition of straight photography.  

Is black-and-white photography more truthful than modern digital photography?

 

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