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Shepherdess and Her Flock

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103QVR

Shepherdess and Her Flock, Jean-Francois Millet, Apox. 1864-1865.

Before Aristotle’s theory, "art imitates nature" was widely admired by artists, therefore realism and naturalism are mainstream in the art industry. While Aristotle believes that the content of art shouldn’t be limited to the frame of imitating nature, but also “man in action” - what happens, what you do, how you live - which is mainly derived from Greek tragedy and the influence of Homer's epics. As mentioned in the lecture, he also believes that mimesis should go beyond its original and states that art was built based on reality, but sublimes to a higher level.

Jean-Francois Millet is famous for being a realism painter, his artwork mainly focused on depicting the labour and life of farmers, with a strong rural life flavour.

Millet illustrates a village shepherdess, standing in the wilderness of the grassland, silently praying to God for a day of peaceful life. Beauty lies not in what the picture depicts, but in the artist's emotional reflection of what he sees. This painting embodies Miller's love and gratitude for nature.

The painter faithfully depicts the labourers, flocks, star-spotted villages, and sunshine on the earth. Miller has a deep affection for rural life, because he lives in this land, getting up early and returning late. Miller in life must be pious, full of expectations and yearning for life, so the peasant image shown in Miller's paintings is always full of simplicity and kindness.

Millet’s work both re-presenting nature and man in action, which evolves from pure imitation to express his beliefs in his paintings.

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9.17.19

It’s late and I just did like four hours of readings and #yes @ the spartans using women as hotwife broodmares :) and I keep thinking I’m seeing things but I think that’s the corner of my eyelashes and I feel like my memory is going and maybe it’s stress but I don’t feel stressed so what I’m saying is if I have a brain tumor, this is the first official recording of my symptoms. But whatever. I wanted to touch on something before I crash a la real world connection.

I don’t understand what a cult is. Obviously it isn’t like what we think of as cults, a la “drink poisoned coolaid for a group suicide.” And this early on, how advanced were they? In the religion chapter of Powell it mentions some higher ideals, i.e. the Orpheus one favoring purity, no animal sacrifices (HEY CONSTANTIUS II) (also it was funny in the readings mentioning the Nicean Creed in the same chapter and the whole Christ son of God thing because that literally so exactly matches up with the Byzantine World class but moving on) leading to a better connection with a god.

And isn’t that the heart of a cult? Trying to establish a living closer to one specific force bigger than you?

In the early iron/dark ages, I guess this would be cults in the sense they favor one deity in the impossibly-sized pantheon to look to for protection and such. But beyond that, how are they cults? In class, the slide just pointed to (as I recall) two rooms in the ruins and a golden figurine. But how many people of modern times have a cross hanging in their house? We do, and we aren’t particularly religious. What other evidence is there, or is it unnecessary because at this time cult meant simply believing in a specific god?

Except that doesn’t make sense because, as Powell points out, everyone believes in some sort of higher power so they all would.

In any case, I am confused. Good night.

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Reflection on Patrick Frank’s lecture “Early Computer Art”

Patrick Frank is a true collector in every sense of the word. His lecture was incredibly fascinating to me, especially since in my undergrad at The College of New Jersey was home to an exhibit on the Sarnoff Center. Bell Labs had donated a lot of old tech to be displayed at the college and I spent my undergrad consistently going to this exhibit and learning about this tech. I always find it interesting how things begin and I think Patrick has done an amazing job tracking down how early computer came to be. Going back to the critique of Edward Zajec’s work, I do think I understand the impulse of people to ask why. Why would you use this very expensive thing for something it’s not meant for? But does anything truly have a purpose? How is something assigned purpose in the first place? I have a love of exploring outside of purpose, outside of expectation. I constantly want to make things do things they’re not “meant” to and I’m grateful to Patrick for maintaining this history for something so essential in art today.

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Aaron Marcus archive

Aaron Marcus worked for Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ and did a lot of work with computer art

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Randomizing was a computer's easiest task

Patrick Frank

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Edward Zajec was one of the first to create 3D art with a computer. An early critique of his work was the question of why? Why are you making this? Why are you using technology to make this?

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