Author - Person who takes ownership of an idea
In this lesson we read some text written by Roland Barthes, he goes on to write about how he thinks theres no personalisation in art anymore, no hidden messages or meanings etc.
After reading the text we discussed it as a class.
How do the points he makes relate to images and specifically the discipline of illustration?
- Cave painters - Old Painters - Modernist
- Spend forever looking at a painting to find a meaning
- Commercial illustration can't be meaningful in a way which shows your opinion
- For the author its the process whereas the audience is only interested in the finished piece, they have no history.
- Maybe not do as well as you could do as people focus more on you and not your work
What is it good for if it has no purpose?
'Style over substance"
Death of an author is because of culture change.
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