Throughout all the areas of knowledge, from the arts to the natural sciences, defining knowledge produced with difficulty is difficult. there are many interpretations and different points of view to this statement. In the sciences, follow a specific scientific method and experimenting new things to create theories and new models required a certain level of intelligence and a high level of experimentation which depends on an elevated level of reasoning and experimentation. On the other hand, defining knowledge in the arts is far more difficult than in the exact sciences. so, therefore, it is difficult to prove where that knowledge is being produced easily or with difficulty. What is meant by difficult? How can we define it? Determining the degree
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s Degas said, painting is "easy when you don't know how", and arguably, Jackson Pollock's action paintings have a lack of naturalistic, formal qualities, and composition which previously defined painting. Pollock expresses himself through painting in a canvas and splattering paint with harden brushes. He relies on emotion, intuition, and lack of reason as he states: "when I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing". Furthermore, Pollock produced procedural, conceptual, theoretical, and cultural knowledge, as he is seen as a key figure of abstract expressionism. However, is this solely due to his artistic skill and knowledge thereof? In the case of Pollock, the role of circumstance could be considered. All his paintings show the context of the time he painted those …show more content…
An example of this Théodore Gericault’s 1819 Raft of the Medusa, an impressive oil painting depicting the aftermath of a shipwreck. Arguably, the famous status of the work is reliant on Gericault’s research, being a combination of sense perception and emotion, as he yearned to paint the dramatic, intense event as "the Old Masters might have done", leaving nothing to "chance or fantasy", indicating the involvement of reason, too. The accuracy of the work required great technical skill and procedural knowledge, as well as a stroke of rare genius. today, the work is regarded as an "icon of Romanticism" due to Gericault’s undoubtedly difficult process of knowledge production. However, initially, the painting "failed to bring him the public success he craved". Therefore, can one truly say the work was always valued by consensus? The original Medusa remained a "politically sensitive matter", and its image was far too disconcerting and repulsive to popularize Gericault. Therefore, in Gericault’s and the community's eyes, the work originally failed and was not always valued, despite the difficulty of producing the work. It is reductionist to state that it is only knowledge produced with difficulty that is
s Degas said, painting is "easy when you don't know how", and arguably, Jackson Pollock's action paintings have a lack of naturalistic, formal qualities, and composition which previously defined painting. Pollock expresses himself through painting in a canvas and splattering paint with harden brushes. He relies on emotion, intuition, and lack of reason as he states: "when I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing". Furthermore, Pollock produced procedural, conceptual, theoretical, and cultural knowledge, as he is seen as a key figure of abstract expressionism. However, is this solely due to his artistic skill and knowledge thereof? In the case of Pollock, the role of circumstance could be considered. All his paintings show the context of the time he painted those …show more content…
An example of this Théodore Gericault’s 1819 Raft of the Medusa, an impressive oil painting depicting the aftermath of a shipwreck. Arguably, the famous status of the work is reliant on Gericault’s research, being a combination of sense perception and emotion, as he yearned to paint the dramatic, intense event as "the Old Masters might have done", leaving nothing to "chance or fantasy", indicating the involvement of reason, too. The accuracy of the work required great technical skill and procedural knowledge, as well as a stroke of rare genius. today, the work is regarded as an "icon of Romanticism" due to Gericault’s undoubtedly difficult process of knowledge production. However, initially, the painting "failed to bring him the public success he craved". Therefore, can one truly say the work was always valued by consensus? The original Medusa remained a "politically sensitive matter", and its image was far too disconcerting and repulsive to popularize Gericault. Therefore, in Gericault’s and the community's eyes, the work originally failed and was not always valued, despite the difficulty of producing the work. It is reductionist to state that it is only knowledge produced with difficulty that is