assignment 5 Mordern Vision

In this weeks reading, Benjamin argues, to an ever greater degree the work of art reproduced becomes the work of art designed for reproducibility. From the photographic negative, for example, one can make any number of prints; to ask for the authentic” print makes no sense.”

I agree with Benjamin as the evolution of technology we see as today is changing as a very fast paced economy. For example watching a movie at the cinemas is one of the best quality pictures you will see as it is authentic. When Dvds release later on, the work of art gets reproduced into millions of copies.

Blu ray Dvds however is the latest technology which does offer a very clear high definition output and it does come close to the quality of the authentic print of the movie. Over time as technology advances our reproduction prints will become as clear as the authentic print so therefore asking for the authentic print will make no sense.

assignment 4 Craft vs Design

The fine art of gold craftsmanship has been around for as long as craft itself. Craft was invented and has been around since the periods of 1150-1600’s. Craftsmen have been using their fine craftsmanship into making these types of jewelleries. The fine art of hand crafting jewellery, example, gold, used to be sold for an expensive rate and only the rich could afford it. These days it is more easily affordable as the wage rate increases over the decades. The goldsmith would craft the gold into these type of bangles which were worn by woman and still are worn mostly by woman in this period of time. This type of craft jewellery is buyable but at a very high price depending on the level of gold used into making it. Jewellery is something that we cannot resist buying and wearing them therefore the craftsmanship for jewellery will always be there.