Ways of Seeing

This whole video focused on the idea that a piece of artworks location can greatly affect how it is viewed. Its original location is obviously the most legitimate place and solidities its meaning. However, since the invention of the camera, replications are abundantly common. A reproduction of an image can allow for millions of views anywhere, in different contexts. By placing it in a different location, it loses some of its meaning. If you show an image in the

Classroom, it may seem the same but you can not see the texture of the painting, the proper lighting, or as Berger states, “the silence and stillness of a painting”.

          Now with replications it is mysterious the cause of the market value. The image is so readily available to us, you would think that the original would go down in value. However, the opposite is true. Because we are so use to seeing images on screens and so forth, viewing an original gives a sense of awe because of the closeness to something that a famous artist created.

          Different contexts of a painting doesn't just have to be its location. If you put an image with two very different songs, you will have completely different emotions involved. The use of images in videos also alters the meaning of the work. Just like those images are skewed in meaning, we can also intentionally skew our images in our collages to achieve the emotions we want for our project.