Film-The Banishment of Beauty, by Scott Burdick

This is a lecture produced and narrated by painter Scott Burdick. The main question he asks is why only certain forms of contemporary art are shown in the great museums of the world, while beautiful art is ignored. Before you watch this series, look at the vocabulary below.

 

 

 

Vocabulary:

banishment - vyhnanstvo 

to clash - nehodiť sa, nezhodovať sa

a bastion - bašta, hradba

exquisite craftsmanship - vybraný zručnosť

tethered to aesthetic tradition -  priviazany do estetické tradícia

epitomize - zhrnúť

rejection of representational form - zamietnutie reprezentačný forme

Bauhaus School – See below:

cutting-edge - nový

vitriol – vitriol, skalica, jedovatá reč

pretentious - veľkolepý

to query - opýtať sa

I don’t buy it (I don’t believe it) – neverím to

public funds - verejné prostriedky

to be struck – byť udretý

poorly executed – zle ukončený, vykonaný, dokončená

disregard for craft is no accident – nerešpektovanie zručnosť nie je náhoda

upside down - obrátený

to disqualify – diskvalifikovať, vyradiť z

exclusion - vylúčenie

pervasive - prenikavý

first impressions – prvý dojem

to brainwash – vymyť mozog, preškoliť

transcendent beauty – nadprirodzená krása, skvelá krása

lyricism of words with meaning of the words

regression – regresia, ústup

artistic establishment – umelecká zavedenie

to find refuge – nájsť útulok

a catchphrase - fráza

disdained - pohŕdaná

suppressed - potlačená

oppressed - utlačená

banned - vypovedaná

validity of beauty – právoplatnosť krása

appeal - atrakcia

 

Bauhaus School: (from Wikipedia):

1st Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany

The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, and combined crafts with the fine arts.

Walter Gropius (1883-1969), modernist architect

The name means "School of Building". In spite of this, and that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence. It was founded with the idea of creating a single code of aesthetics to be used for all the arts, under the principle that form follows function. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in Modernist architecture and design. The Bauhaus had a profound influence upon subsequent developments in art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography. It operated from 1919 to 1933, when the school was closed under pressure from the Nazis.