Author Archives: Ivan Sanchez

Blog Post #4

Berger believed that white periodicals consistently portrayed black people in a negative manner, and that white journalists’ use of photographs strengthened white dominance. I’m in the middle of things. White magazines, in my opinion, only highlight the negative aspects of the Civil Rights Movement, never displaying images of individuals peacefully protesting or simply standing up for their rights. On the other hand, I believe that cases like these, such as the case of George Floyd and Trevon Martin, are considered much more severely nowadays when it comes to displaying discrimination against black people.

Blog Post #3

  1. Berger claims that publicity stimulates our imagination either through memory or anticipation, and that it is the process of creating glamour.By using publicity as inspiration, we can fantasize about what we want to achieve and make an effort to obtain it.People are more likely to ask for good money and improve their quality of life when they are introduced to a new way of life as a result of publicity.
  2. The owner’s goods are shown in oil paintings, and they are real to him. However, publicity displays our aspiration of being who we want to be. These distinctions are significant because they provide us with a different perspective. We examine oil paintings and advertisements from several perspectives so that, when we encounter advertisements depicting products or even a life we fantasize about, we are motivated to struggle for a better existence rather than envy the superior in oil paintings.
  3. Berger constructed a lifelike setting in the dream of later tonight in which we are a part of a good life and everyone is happy. People are surrounded by gourmets and alcoholic beverages, and they are all having a great time. Customers are manipulated by the imagery by showing them what their dreams should be. For customers, this is an immersive experience.

Blog Post #2

In the videos, Berger makes the argument that men would usually objectify women through pieces of artwork specifically during the Renaissance period. He claims that as result of females being objectified, that women started to feel less confident about them selves and also had many thoughts on their bodies. This really showed how much the years change, from sexuality up to a women natural beauty. Although in todays era, most women have control on what they post on their media platforms but it does not change that now a days females get objectified for anything they post, unlike before one could paint a portrait of a naked female and it would be seen as art and nothing but art

Blog Post #1

  1. The model “entering the conversation” provides many advantages when it comes to writing. One great advantage is that you can be referring to the counterclaim but one can also still make an argument. In writing it’s good that one adds a counterclaim, because then it gives the audience a neutral reading and shows them the points from both sides fo the argument. Another advantage is that it can pull the attention of the readers since the claim is more unique than others. When using phrases such as, “they say/I say” show the audience that the writing is quite different from others that they may have seen since it gives them the sense that they don’t have to believe what “they” say
  2. I agree that we can improve our analyzing skills by learning to look at artwork. Looking at artwork can help us look at the bigger picture of things and makes us more opened mined since we have to almost imagine ourselves in the artworks that we look at and create scenarios of what is actually happening. Another example can be political cartoons. These require us to think more critically since not only are we imagining what is going on, one has to take in consideration what the cartoon say and what year, day, or era it was taken place