Regarding the principle of "economy of creative effort": is this a good measure of the quality of literary and artistic works? What other measures might an author or an artist use?
What is the benefit of being able to describe objects as if they were being seen for the first time? Why is the familiarity that develops after viewing an object multiple times "bad"?
Shklovsky states that "if the whole complex lives of many people go on unconsciously, then such lives are as if they had never been". How do we maintain the beauty of life around us if we are desensitized to these objects by nature of habituation? Must it be labeled art for us to remove ourselves from this habituation and attempt to recognize it's beauty by 'seeing an object as if it was being seen for the first time?'
If an artistic work "is produced through the slowness of the perception," then how does the aesthetic of art differ from that of a person or object of our daily lives?
"Poetic imagery is a means of creating the strongest possible impression." The author states that imagery is only one of the devices of poetic language, does this mean that art can exist without imagery?
Regarding the principle of "economy of creative effort": is this a good measure of the quality of literary and artistic works? What other measures might an author or an artist use?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between the two aspects of imagery? Also, what are the laws of expenditure and economy in poetic language?
ReplyDeleteArt is not made up by one clear formula, will we ever fully explore all of the poetic methods?
ReplyDeleteWhat would result from one failing to distinguish between prosaic and poetic language?
ReplyDeleteHow does Shklovsky's discussion about making objects unfamiliar in art relate to the silence in art presented by Sontag?
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What is the benefit of being able to describe objects as if they were being seen for the first time? Why is the familiarity that develops after viewing an object multiple times "bad"?
ReplyDeleteWhy is thinking in images known as "economy of mental effort", and why does poetry create such strong impressions?
ReplyDeleteShklovsky states that "if the whole complex lives of many people go on unconsciously, then such lives are as if they had never been". How do we maintain the beauty of life around us if we are desensitized to these objects by nature of habituation? Must it be labeled art for us to remove ourselves from this habituation and attempt to recognize it's beauty by 'seeing an object as if it was being seen for the first time?'
ReplyDeleteIf an artistic work "is produced through the
ReplyDeleteslowness of the perception," then how does the aesthetic of art differ from that of a person or object of our daily lives?
"Poetic imagery is a means of creating the strongest possible impression." The author states that imagery is only one of the devices of poetic language, does this mean that art can exist without imagery?
ReplyDeleteShklovsky argues that the best arts are those which revitalize a familiar concept. Why do you think Shklovsky argues for defamiliarizing objects?
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