Watch the Youtube clips below and make notes on the lecture. bring them to the next lesson on Monday.
In groups
a) create a hierarchy of different media forms and
b) create a hierarchy of different texts within a chosen form (ie film or TV or music etc)
What is ‘high art/culture’?
Is high culture ‘hard’ and low culture ‘easy’?
Is high culture ‘intelligent’ and low culture ‘stupid’?
Are certain art forms fundamentally ‘higher’ than others. Is opera ‘higher’ than film?
Does high culture require specialist knowledge and expertise? Can you only really ‘get it’ if you know lots of stuff? By contrast, is ‘low culture’ accessible to all?
If ‘high culture’ is seen by many to be ‘better’.in what sense can it be seen to be ‘better’?
Is high culture harder to make than low culture? Is the technical ability of the artist a crucial consideration? Is Leonardo da Vinci a ‘better’ artist than Damien Hirst because Leonardo had much more technical ability?
Is high culture harder to make than low culture? Is the technical ability of the artist a crucial consideration? Is Leonardo da Vinci a ‘better’ artist than Damien Hirst because Leonardo had much more technical ability?
Does ‘High’ Art tend to be older? Do we tend to assume that older stuff (that has survived and stood the test of time) is ‘better’ than the stuff made today. What do you think about this in relation to film?
Is foreign-language film generally labelled as ‘high culture’? Can you think of exceptions to this?
Is foreign-language film generally labelled as ‘high culture’? Can you think of exceptions to this?
Does ‘high art’ carry meaning while low art is all about surface?
Is all ‘culture’ good for you or is some culture ‘better’? Or is culture never really ‘good for you’. What’s art/ culture for?
Is all ‘culture’ good for you or is some culture ‘better’? Or is culture never really ‘good for you’. What’s art/ culture for?
Does the high art/low art distinction serve any purpose?
Is low art worthy of academic attention….or just high art? If academics start writing books about Big Brother and Batman, does this make these texts ‘High Art’? If ‘serious’ people take low art seriously does it start to become ‘high art’ or is there no connection?
Look at these presentations and see how they match up to some of the class discussion.
Please note that the first one has been made by a student and so you should feel free to challenge/query it.
Is low art worthy of academic attention….or just high art? If academics start writing books about Big Brother and Batman, does this make these texts ‘High Art’? If ‘serious’ people take low art seriously does it start to become ‘high art’ or is there no connection?
Look at these presentations and see how they match up to some of the class discussion.
Please note that the first one has been made by a student and so you should feel free to challenge/query it.
Notes
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