ARTH 101 Final Exam Flashcards
What is Peter Galison’s arguement? (Picturing science)
- reliance on/use of images vs their rejection in pedagogy and epistemology
- specific vs abstract; intuitive vs logical
- what scientific truth is; can the truth be visualized
- pattern recognition often relies on images and visualization
- suggestion that physics always wins between images and data
the great buddha at bamiyan (study image)
- islamic iconoclasm
- destruction to destroy images of another religion
- claimed to be based in the religious belief that we should not have images
- actually instrumental and meant to send a message to the west about iconography and the value of the images
rokeby venus by diego velazquez (study image)
- attacked by mary richardson protesting the arrest of her fellow activists
- attack on the most beautiful woman while the most beautiful characters are imprisoned
- expressive iconography
cosmography
descriptions or drawings of the universe
ex. Stickman Universe
stick man universe (study image)
- example of the oscillation between images and data
- both are needed to inform the other
tiananmen square (study image)
- function for communication between the public and leaders
- located between the great hall of the people (present), natural history museum (past), mao mausoleum (past), and the gate of heavenly peace (present)
idolatry/iconography
the worship of images
what makes a monument
commemoration, embodying values, historical narrative, size
victory through honour pole (study image)
- history of vandalism and restoration
- emphasis on communication between nations, relationship to the university and storytelling
lenin monument (study image)
- no more socialism, no more lenin
- monument was buried, head was excavated and put on display
- commentary on how the past cant be ignored
-(no more violence sign)
expressive iconoclasm
Desire to express one’s own belief / vent feelings through iconoclasm
Instrumental Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm to reach an ultimate goal
aniconism
Rule/law against images
not destroying an image but not showing a specific figure
Example: Wheel of law -> not showing Buddha
the ambassadors (study image)
- includes a terrestrial globe to represent the cultures and knowledge available to the men
- representative of the state of the world in europe
terrestrial globe (study image)
- a response to voyages into unknown parts of the world
- used in territorial disputes to claim authority across distant areas
- related to trade and colonialism
- made use of text on early globes and maps
native hosts by edgar heap of birds (study image)
- concepts of the host and the guest
- recognizes that you are a guest on stolen land
- communicated through the authority of a sign
iconoclasm
destroying icons, images
goddess of democracy (study image)
- created by student protesters
- protests began after the death of head of state
- temporary monument erected for 5 days
monument to the peoples heros (study image)
- carved with stele, pictoral stories and important texts
- represents the creation of the people republic, inscribed are instances of protest
double diamond by eric heller (study image)
- visualizes data to make patterns visible
- has the ability to advance scientific knowledge
beau dick
- cultural practices as a form of resistance
- should meaning be withheld to preserve cultural specificity
mass of st gregory (study image)
- eyes scratched out of religious figures
- depicts the witnessing of a miracle, the eyes are removed as if to say there is no miracle
- a rejection of christ and religion
princely feast (study image)
- iconoclasm trageting the eyes, faces, or heads of a figure as if to decapitate
- changes the image, not totally destroys
comparison of specimen and drawings (study image)
- between observation and visualization, what is emphasized, what is clarified , what is made invisible
- do existing assumptions about the structure and function of neurons have an impact on how they are visualized
