每个人都知道Facebook如何影响现代技术,例如在线通信,信息聚合和男友跟踪。较少注意到的是它对艺术的影响。Just as refinements in mirror crafting led to an increase in self portrait production during the Renaissance, Facebook’s steady, unrelenting invasion of every crevice in the civilized world has led to a new renaissance in portraiture, notable for its creation by people who wouldn’t know good art if it friend requested them.
这些办公室工作人员和无聊的青少年取代了OKIES,并作为最终的局外人艺术家而被封闭。他们不仅缺乏正式的艺术训练,甚至缺乏创造艺术的愿望。然而,随着这种谦虚的典型流派,出现了复杂的视觉对话,其独特的词汇却揭示了现代世界。像所有艺术形式一样,Facebook肖像具有自己的懒惰对手?笔记本电脑相机拍摄,蓝天背景,浴室镜子中的盲目闪光灯?但是,即使这些毫无意义的捕获的快照也会产生有关其主题的意外见解:照片是如何裁剪的?我们可以看到主题的腹肌吗?她为什么给我们手指?(请参阅下面的肖像解释密钥。)
该图表有望帮助您在较大的类型的背景下查看特定的Facebook肖像,因此导致对Facebook肖像画的更丰富,更复杂的欣赏是一种新兴的平淡,令人震惊的表达方式。
NOTE: Choosing a literal or figurative avatar for your Facebook profile?a cartoon drawing, a famous person you think you look like (but which you don’t), a flower, a beach?is a popular option, but since it isn’t portraiture in the traditional sense, it is not covered in this chart.
杜吉·霍纳(Doogie Horner)是通过流程图解释了一切(Harper Collins,2010年)和肮脏的笑话每个人都应该知道(Quirk,2009)。