Andy Warhol and the Mimetic Theory of Art | AmorSciendi

[@gabrielamador2847]

Love this long form video essay style! Hope you can do more like this for your channel

[@AmorSciendi]

I plan too! Glad you liked it. Next up is the Parthenon marbles controversy

[@madelcyfuentes6709]

As an art student myself, I´d say you managed to capture the general idea of the evolution of art pretty neatly!! And all in barely more than ten minutes!! All my teachers could managed was six semesters, lol. Amazing video, I instantly subscribed after watching.

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks. That's great news

[@PeebeesPet]

And the colonists strike again. It's not the "evolution of art". It's the evolution (terrible usage) of western (vague and useless word) art.

[@Besyatka]

What a coincidence, I had just read an essay 'The Artworld' by Arthur Danto on Mimetic theory VS Reality theory) I would highly recommend it to everybody. ("The Artworld" (1964) Journal of PhilosophyLXI, 571-584) Thank you so much for the video!

[@berni1602]

I've recently started watching an art critic channel, and most of what you said in this video summarizes like 5 videos. It's an interesting idea, the way of portraying the real word into a canvas is the reason of art. Of course, the way to do it depends on the artist as well as the spectator, and artists are always looking for ways to make their work feel different from others.

[@AmorSciendi]

What's the channel? Sounds like something I'd enjoy

[@berni1602]

It's a Spanish channel called Antonio García Villarán. He's very visceral, I mean too much, he critics most of the famous artist and I don't fully agree with him, but when he talks about art history or artists' biographies, I love that! You should check it out, but do it at your own risck, he may try to convince you that your favorite artist was not that great hahaha.

[@pscheidt]

Always a treat when your videos come out. Thank you.

[@AmorSciendi]

It's my pleasure

[@geoffreybarss273]

I don't know if his work is still highly regarded, but I was interested by an idea from E. H. Gombrich that artists were not always interested in representing the world accurately. At least not principally. Egyptian art looks stiff and people carved on the walls of temples and tombs are impossibly twisted. From the waist down they are shown in profile while the torso is shown front forward and the head is in profile again--except for the eye, which is shown straight on. There is a bust of Nefertiti, however, that appears very natural if a little idealized. Gombrich's idea, if I remember it correctly, was that the Egyptian artist was interested in representing ideas, religious beliefs, and social status (important people were shown larger than slaves) and they used formal visual clichés to do so. Apparently the Nefertiti bust was used by artists as a design aid, it didn't have to convey abstract ideas, which is why it is conventionally realistic. Animals that were domesticated by the Egyptians later in their history were often more natural looking because they weren't tangled up in traditional ideas and schemata.

[@AmorSciendi]

Yes. As I said I couldn't address every culture. The medieval art I discussed also didn't aim for representation. Gombrich is still well regarded, but he is justly criticized for including zero women in his Story of Art.

[@spacewrites]

A really interesting and concise video, even as a longer format one. I'm always fascinated at the ways art history slots together and has an influence on the culture and vice versa. i didnt know about the medieval art and representation thing before!

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks! I wrote a TEDed animation called "Distorting Madonna" if you want to get more details on the medieval part of the story.

[@HermanVonPetri]

The rise of photography being a driving force in the move towards abstraction in art is an angle that I never considered. That's quite interesting. I remember when I was very young having an epiphany at first seeing Magritte's "The Treachery of Images". It's a piece that I imagine you might have considered for this topic due to its honest and straightforward message regarding the nature of representative artwork. It seems obvious upon reflection, but as a child it was important for me to understand that a painting is not a pipe. Fast forward several years and trying to grapple with concepts such as "The medium is the message" and postmodernism when it once again becomes much more complex.

[@CityBeautiful]

This video took me on a great journey through the history of art theory. Thanks!

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks Dave. Ill be traveling to Istanbul next week. Any chance you have any videos lined up that might benefit from some footage there?

[@CityBeautiful]

I do not, but that's awesome of you to offer! Enjoy yourself!

[@KnowledgeVariable]

This is one of the better made videos on aesthetics that I've seen.

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks. That's high praise

[@val_ur_pal]

This was sexy. Thank you for helping me with my essay. I have much more to think about. Deserving of an immediate subscription!

[@AmorSciendi]

Thank you!

[@Yossus]

Within the space of just under 10 minutes, you helped me understand and appreciate both medieval paintings and Jackson Pollock's work. Thank you for this great video!

[@AmorSciendi]

It was my pleasure

[@johnjosmith42]

loved this - unapologetically intelligent. looking forward to going through all your vids. thank you.

[@AmorSciendi]

And that you for taking the time to say so. Ill recommend the Crystal palace video and the grand Central station video. They're two of my favorites.

[@mr1234567899111]

Thanks -- bravo!!!

[@berkay4844]

Great content as always! [notification issues on the last couple of videos, fyi, came thru but late]

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks for doing the work to find the video anyway.

[@SacredMusicTribe]

Ima Christian hip hop artist in Seattle , love this vid bro thanks !

[@marolove8931]

This is AMAZING, thank you so much, I had been looking for such a video for WEEKS but I guess KZbin logarithm is stupid.

[@AmorSciendi]

You're Welcome. It truly is my pleasure. Glad it helped

[@martasovyzblepty6446]

Heyo, you've made a very nice informative video. I've got one question to ask though, would you happen to know which books you used for making this video? I would like to use them for my diploma thesis. Thanks !

[@AmorSciendi]

A lot of it came from Arthur Danto's "what art is". You may also want to watch my most recent video and look at the bibliography of that video for resources

[@grghndy]

Thank you, I love the history of Art. I remeber most of those art works from my school days, I was lucky to have an Art teacher who was also passionate about her subject, 30 yeas later I still have a deep love for the subject.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Truth. ❤

[@rangdhanuartacademy587]

Nice video

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks

[@newkingjames1757]

Are you familiar with Rene Girard?

[@juljos9343]

You left Cubism out. One of the most important, in my view of course. You managed to mention every movement except that one.

[@meb6140]

Subbed !

[@jamesg2382]

I think it would be easier to watch if we could see your hands. It is clear that they are moving, so it would be perhaps clearer to watch. Thank you for the videos, good jumping off points for my readings.

[@JumboDubby]

I wonder if I can consider AI Mimetic since it attempts to reproduce reality using data sets.

[@EasaYahiya]

And here we are, in the age of V A P O R W A V E

[@itzhassan]

Moses and his brother Haroon were worshipping Allah Only You can read the whole story in quran in Surat Taha .

[@dudeinoakland]

Andy Warhol's paintings were not an attempt at a perfect representative painting of commercial objects. They lack precision and realism.

[@AmorSciendi]

The focus here is on the brillo boxes, not the paintings.

[@DrorN777]

Great video, but if you film yourself, don't just stand there please

[@AmorSciendi]

What else should I do?

[@DrorN777]

Amor Sciendi Using hand gestures and including images or on-screen text helps feel in the visually less-intriguing parts of the video, imo. Other than that, stuff like facial expressions will show a more personal side as well to the educational content. I do want to watch YOU, not only your content.

[@AmorSciendi]

Ok. Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to have more moving pieces during my on screen time. I thought you wanted me to Pace around the room or something.

[@AmorSciendi]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm still working out how to film on my own. With this video I set up a pillow on my seat and set the focus like that. I guess I need to make a friend. Your English is great, I'm sorry if I mumble sometimes.