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The Word and the World
Paul Dworschack-Kinter
09/18/2013
Essay 1 Art is a very underrated subject in the world. A vast majority of people don’t value artistic capability to the amount that they should. Indeed, museums, such as the Milwaukee Art Museum, have thousands of casual visitors. However, most people who view this art do not look at it with the right approach. It’s more so them just walking around glancing at each piece not really taking a minute to appreciate each aspect of the painting. This is very similar to Walker Percy’s Loss of the Creature’s and John Berger’s Ways of Seeing. Percy and Berger’s main focus in their works of literature talk about how people will just look at something and not actually SEE the intended meaning behind it. In order to have more people respect art, us artists need to give viewers an insight as to how to approach a particular piece and what intention(s) they should have in mind. An example is a famous piece by Duane Hanson called Janitor. Many people would walk by it and just think it was maybe strange, or creepy. However, Berger and Percy would most likely analyze it till they figured out what the sculpture was really about. Both authors want to captivate the viewer by taking different approaches in their methods. In Ways of Seeing by John Berger, the main point he is trying to get across is that humans do not see things clearly because of their preconceived thoughts. The ideas they already have prevent them from gaining new information or visualizing something from a different viewpoint. Berger is a very outspoken man with one specific idea. People can look at a particular painting, however, they do not actually see it. Take for example this glass sculpture piece by Dale Chichuly. Some general person just walking through the art museum might look at it and just think “oh, that’s pretty cool” or “I like how squiggly it is” and nothing much else. Needless to say, it is a very intriguing work of art.
The Word and the World
Paul Dworschack-Kinter
09/18/2013
Essay 1 Art is a very underrated subject in the world. A vast majority of people don’t value artistic capability to the amount that they should. Indeed, museums, such as the Milwaukee Art Museum, have thousands of casual visitors. However, most people who view this art do not look at it with the right approach. It’s more so them just walking around glancing at each piece not really taking a minute to appreciate each aspect of the painting. This is very similar to Walker Percy’s Loss of the Creature’s and John Berger’s Ways of Seeing. Percy and Berger’s main focus in their works of literature talk about how people will just look at something and not actually SEE the intended meaning behind it. In order to have more people respect art, us artists need to give viewers an insight as to how to approach a particular piece and what intention(s) they should have in mind. An example is a famous piece by Duane Hanson called Janitor. Many people would walk by it and just think it was maybe strange, or creepy. However, Berger and Percy would most likely analyze it till they figured out what the sculpture was really about. Both authors want to captivate the viewer by taking different approaches in their methods. In Ways of Seeing by John Berger, the main point he is trying to get across is that humans do not see things clearly because of their preconceived thoughts. The ideas they already have prevent them from gaining new information or visualizing something from a different viewpoint. Berger is a very outspoken man with one specific idea. People can look at a particular painting, however, they do not actually see it. Take for example this glass sculpture piece by Dale Chichuly. Some general person just walking through the art museum might look at it and just think “oh, that’s pretty cool” or “I like how squiggly it is” and nothing much else. Needless to say, it is a very intriguing work of art.