Why Your Desktop Photos Are a Work of Art
It has become so easy to just download an image on your desktop computer and set it up as wallpaper and impress anyone who looks at it. It is equally simple nowadays to access some of the best stock photo sites and get unique images to surround your social profile pages with. And, it is indeed true that these wonderful photos give a new shape to your personality but, should they be considered as a work of art?
To understand this question, one must understand the basics of art and its principles. This would enable us to better appreciate the images that we share with each other online.
What does art mean to you?
- It could be a way of differently looking at things
- It could be the use of principles and elements of design to bring out your emotions
- It could be film, sculpture, etc.
- It could be a creative extension of self
Now, how does one analyze a stock wallpaper of nature or landscape or wildlife? Or should one consider the cover art of a mp3 album or album art on their favorite bollywood music online to be a work of art? The answer again lies in looking at artwork and understanding the method of analyzing that.
In this context, four key points are presented below:
Artwork Analysis –
1. Description – (You need to ask yourself) what do ‘’I’’ see?
Stick only to facts without any guess work
2. Analysis – How is the work organized?
Use elements and principles of art for this
3. Interpretation – What is happening? What is the artist trying to say?
Explain meaning through guesswork using intelligence, imagination, etc.
4. Judgment – (Again ask yourself) what do ‘’I’’ think of the work? Whether it succeeds or it fails?
The key here is to be completely honest
Today, in this new world order, the binaries of old and new, hot and cold have broken. It’s all gray today. Even a seemingly old object may deem to be valuable. The scope of art has also expanded due to photography. India too has not remained untouched by this change. People are actively putting out royalty free images on the best social networking website in India in order to display their creativity with photographs.
Therefore, it can be accepted that pictures too constitute artwork which can be studied and analyzed. Perhaps this is the reason why one feels the same kind of ‘’aura’’ being emanated from Full HD photos that come out from a classic painting. And perhaps, this is why a certain new dimension is felt added to your personality when you show and share these pictures with friends or family through social networking sites.
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