Art 250 Readings
Reading Questions
.Margot Lovejoy
Choose three of the five questions and answer them in the forum.
1. What is the moral authority of the author/artist.
2. How has digital simulation shattered the paradigm of representation that we have been
operating under since the Renaissance.
3. "Artists' vision and artists' responses to the world are dominated by the conditions
and consciousness of a particular time period." What are the conditions and consciousness of the year 2000?
4. How would you define a "society of the spectacle"?
Cite some current examples of society of the spectacle on televison or in the news.
5. Based on this reading. What are the dangerous social and cultural implications of new media?