Marcel Duchamp The Fountain

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“There are no facts, only interpretations.” said Friedrich Nietzsche.This quote suggests that perspective is what determines the facts and the way we learn. A knower's perspective can vary due to their background, beliefs, cultures etc. When learning, people tend to create their own opinion based on a certain subject. In different areas of knowledge personal views have different levels of importance. In the arts, the knower's perspective is demanded in order for new knowledge to be gained and important questions to be answered, where as in the natural sciences perspective is created in order to investigate further into the subject and come with new knowledge and solutions to problem that was created. This essay will aim to examine the extent …show more content…

As an example Marcel Duchamp The Fountain is an artwork that through its title, and the use of our imagination the whole idea of a urinal reflecting a fountain. When does a urinal though become an artwork? Did the subjective aspect of an individual who saw it exhibited or is it its value that contributed to its meaning?Marcel Duchamp transformed societies views on everyday used objects through his ‘readymades’ series. The audience reacted both in a positive or negative way. In 1917 it was rejected by the exhibition committee, and nowadays his work is used within our art studies and is globally talked about, as it challenges different perspectives in the pursuit of knowledge. Universal standards interfere with any personal emotions existing in the process of judging. There are certain rules and principles within the Visual Arts that artists have to follow when creating an artwork. Some of the most known are, the elements art, principles of design and the rules of third that when analysing an art piece our perception does not play any role if the knowledge gained. Simply describing an artwork instead of voicing our opinion and our understanding of the deeper

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