Fading Away Chapter Summary

This module covers three chapters, the first chapter takes an in-depth look at all the various printing methods artists use, and the second chapter explores the rich history of the camera arts (photography, video, and film) and the third chapter discusses the goals and duties of a graphic artists. Chapter 8 covers the 3 historical methods for making prints, relief, intaglio, and lithography, as well as some modern ones such as screen printing and digital inkjet as well as giving artistic examples. “Workers of the world, unite!” by Rockwell Kent is a powerful example of wood engraving, which would fall under the category of relief printing. Kent made this piece in response to the great depression, and the dramatic setting, larger than life worker, …show more content…
Chapter nine delves into the history and development of photography, video and film, such as when photographers began to dabble in abstraction and non-representation and mimicking paintings. Henry Peach Robinson’s “Fading Away” seems to be a touching photograph of a young woman on her deathbed while various family members grieve around her, but in reality the models are actors and the scene is staged. This is a creative example of a photographer turning to painting as inspiration for their photography, English audiences loved paintings that told sentimental stories, and Robinson delivered tenfold. The tenth chapter discusses the graphic artists and their goals, which is “the communication of some specific message to a group of people and the success of the design is measured by how well that message is conveyed” (Getlein 224) and turns an analytical eye toward some well-known symbols such as the swastika, which was once considered a symbol of good luck in central Asia, India and even the west and the yin-yang symbols which demonstrates a view of the world as described by ancient Chinese