This week's reading was that of Chapter 22 (743-764, 764-772, 793-800).
I found a lot of things to be interesting in this chapter, but the main thing that I wanted to pull out and talk about was the painting called "Entombment" by Caravaggio.
There are so many different styles of painting that have been portrayed throughout the years and I think that "Entombment" is a great example of those styles and people in general.
There are many styles and interpretations of the "Entombment" of Christ because artists over time have been recreating it. These different pieces help to distinguish between the different eras of art and help to define the society or thinking of that time as well. There have been many different artists who put their spin into this one event; Pontormo and Michelangelo to name a few.
This connects to people in general because it is the same happening told by different perspectives of people (through their art) and it just shows how different and complex people are. One event, like the entombment of Christ, caused many people to be effected and all in a new, different way. When something happens, every person takes something different with them from the experience. People are curious that way, you won't know how someone will feel until after the occurrence, or how they deal with it after the fact. That definitely holds true in our everyday life, people are consistently changing and evolving, and putting new spins on old things like history. It's just amazing how there are so many points of views and none have the potential to be wrong. These pictures just go to show that people interpret things drastically different than others.
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Very True Katlin!
ReplyDeleteYou can see that in music as well. I sometimes do a search for a song by the title and am surprised to see how many songs are of the same title and often they are the same lyrics, but with a different way to present it (especially true in country and bluegrass music). Art is the same- and its fun to see these artists over the centuries grappling with the same subject matter in new and interesting ways (like the interpretation of the statue of David)
Kimberlie
Hi Katlin,
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree.. who wouldn't?
It's really cool to see different versions of the same thing from multiple perspectives. You also get an insight of who they are, how they think, the culture they come from, their personal styles and time the artist/creator lives in.
Like in grade school how teachers would have one picture and have the whole class illustrate it, or a given topic and how everyone interprets it their own way in their essays.
Movies do this (remakes of originals) all the time. Like stated in my 1st entry that u commented :) Romeo & Juliet.
Both versions contrast SOO highly & it's completely evident w/ the locations, intense colors versus more subdue, less choromatic colors, and the language and cinematography of the films. The directors had their own distinctive taste and style & brought out scenarios that were revelant to our time and culture.
great job katlin! It was thought provoking
xox Diana Nguyen