Response to Walker
I agree with the author’s idea that theme sometimes is the same thing as big idea but sometimes not. In today’s Art Education class we watched two videos and the instructor asked us to write down the artists’ theme and idea. At that time I was confused because I felt theme is the same thing as idea. But the author helps me solve this confusion. Theme sometimes is just a part of the big idea. Just like the example the author gives us, Motherwell’s the big idea is the exploration of human emotions; but the theme that people’s emotion’s towards death is just a part of human emotion. I also like the example of Jennifer Bartlett that Jennifer’s subject is Garden but Jennifer’s idea is the use of rules and systems.
I cannot understand the idea of the first picture on page 9. Also her horse artwork is a kind of weird to me. From the introduction of her I think she like horses and she has great passion to horses. So I think the artwork of horses made by her should make the audience feel her passion to horse. But through her work I cannot see any beautiful side of the horse. What I see is a horse stuck in fence made by the wood. I don’t disagree anything in this article. Overall I like this article’s idea very much.
I like the example that analysis of a photographic magazine ad for Panzani spaghetti products when the author wants to illustrate the distinction between denotations and connotations. The interesting point here is that he uses the sounds of ‘Italianicity” to resemble the word Panzani. It exactly explain the distinction between denotations and connotations.
I have some confusion about “booty” which explained by the author. It may because I am not familiar with American Culture. I agree that the magazine cover is connoted to be aggressive. But I don’t agree that it is emotionally shallow.
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