CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE CONTEXT OF URBAN SYMBOLS Cover Image

KENTSEL GÖSTERGELERE YAKLAŞIM BAĞLAMINDA ÇAĞDAŞ FOTOĞRAF SANATI
CONTEMPORARY ART PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE CONTEXT OF URBAN SYMBOLS

Author(s): Tuna Uysal
Subject(s): Photography, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
Keywords: City; Symbol; Contemporary; Photography; Art; Bourgeoisie; Modernism; Post-Modernism; Topographics;

Summary/Abstract: The symbols that landscape art contains, shows us cultural and intellectual evolution of the humankind. The “Bourgeoisie”, as the initiator of the “Urbanization” also supports the thoughts, which made this evolution possible. This impulse shows itself in two different ways; first, the frame of mind, which made visual codes possible to come into reality. Second, developing the medium, which made this visual codes record possible. It is possible to see the developing of the thought urbanization in every example of fine arts, in every age. Today, the art of photography uses landscape as background of its main theme as well as its major story, by the means of contemporary studies. These practices constitute the background of the main theme, both intellectual and visual way. Most accurate way to record today’s world, both intellectual and visual way -as can be seen in the history of photography - is to associate the story and its background, by the means of cultural and artistic studies. Whereby, the artist invites viewer into the narrative by this way and increases the chance to give message in a more striking manner. Existence of the urban symbols in the artwork is vital because it makes possible to learn more about the place, subject, society and period of the story and eventually about the main theme.

  • Issue Year: 6/2016
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 151-166
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Turkish
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