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1) When something is reproduced for so many times is that art? What's the importance of the mechanical reproducibility of the art? What was the impact on mechanical reproducibility on the society?
-   I think when they have been reproduced for so many times, they can't be art anymore. The change that has come about is an expression of the particular conflict which painting was implicated by the mechanical reproducibility of paintings. Although paintings began to be publicly exhibited in galleries and salons, there was no way for the masses to organize and control themselves in their reception. Thus the same public which responds in a progressive manner toward a grotesque film is bound to respond in a reactionary manner to surrealism.

2) Is photography art, or contribution to the art? Is it just a tool used by artists?
-   Yes, I think they are. For some special causes, they can reproduce those art that are endangered. It's a way to protect.

3) How and why Henry Pitch Robinson created Feading Away? What was the reason?
-  The photograph( Feading Away,a picture skillfully printed from five different negatives. ) was the product of Robinson’s imagination, it felt that such a scene was too painful to be tastefully rendered by such a literal medium as photography.

4) Photography has impacted the world of art and influenced some changes in the area of accessibility to art. If mechanical reproduction created revolution, what is happening now with the digitalization?
- With the advent of the first truly revolutionary means of reproduction, photography, simultaneously with the rise of socialism, art sensed the approaching crisis which has become evident a century later. The concepts which are introduced into the theory of art in what follows differ from the more familiar terms in that they are completely useless for the purposes of Fascism. They are, on the other hand, useful for the formulation of revolutionary demands in the politics of art.

Expo 2010 Shanghai China

The World Expo is a large-scale, global, non-commercial Expo. The hosting of the World Expo must be applied for by a country and approved by the international World Expo committee. Expo aims to promote the exchange of ideas and development of the world economy, culture, science and technology, to allow exhibitors to publicise and display their achievements and improve international relationships. Accordingly, the World Expo with its 150-year history is regarded as the Olympic Games of the economy, science and technology.             The last World Expo is in Shanghai. Theme: Better City, Better Life. It attract  the participation of 200 countries and international organizations and 70 million visitors.           I went to the Expo 2010 at the first day: May 01,2010.

It's Thailand Pavilion(up), Switzerland Pavilion, and Hungary Pavilion(right)

      My friend sent 3 days (from 6am to 11pm), he visited all pavilions, I just go there twice but at when night come, you can find that there are huge differences.

It's Netherlands Pavilion, day & night.

It's Austria Pavilion(left), and China Pavilion + Flags from all that 200 countries and international organizations

 

Introduction

Hi everyone. My name is Yanjun Zhou, and you can call me vivian. I'm an international student, have been here more than one year. This is my third semester, I'm in the Business Accounting for 2 years.My interests are reading (story), sports and music.
The reason why I choose this course:  it's on-line course, I live far from school, it takes me one and a half hour on the way to school. The course saves time.It's good!