A New Purpose

I have finally gotten to the point of re-using this blog as a place to gather some of my online research etc. It will store, display and link to online information in relation to my current project. Basically any online material which justifies more than a passing mention in my paper workbook (which will continue [...]

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The ways in which one influenced the ‘Other’. Whoever that was.

Since it became possible to travel, there has been an obsession with the ‘Other’. This is particularly evident in the cultures of both Europe and Japan who for the most part have studied and often absorbed the different cultural practices and aesthetics they have been exposed to. Europe was fast colonizing the world in the [...]

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Is the status of a work of art fixed? …an essay from 2007

I apologize for the lack of footnote marks in the text, for some reason was not able to copy those into here, all the footnotes and references are at the bottom of the text. 20071026 semester2 essay Bachelor of Fine Arts Stage 1 Theory and History of Art Semester 2, 2007 Alida Harris Group A [...]

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