Berger's Ways of Seeing the Arts

Main Idea: The way art is viewed has changed dramatically over a hundred years due to technology and social changes.

Supporting statements:

• During the time of traditional oil painting, paintings were prized because they were the only way to capture moments and possess them forever. But now, we can already keep a lot of memories easily with the help of cameras.
• Art is now able to be reproduced and be viewed by a lot of people, not solely an elite few.
•  Nowadays people are able to reproduce pieces of art and this reproduction of these pieces of art has the ability to change the entire meaning of the art or the painting by placing them with certain texts.
• Authenticity is paramount now because of reproduction.
• At the time of traditional oil painting, the masterpieces have always been a symbol of stature, class, culture and education.
• During the time of traditional oil paintings, publicity means showing what the owner/sitter of the painting has. 
• The art of publicity in the modern day refers to showing what the owner/sitter of the painting needs in order to be happy.
• The typical female nude painting of the traditional oil painting period seems modest compared to what we encounter today. 
• There was no glamour in the past. Today glamour is showing off the materials you have that other people do not have and want.  

Love hurts!

Girl’s POV

Why is it so hard to not like you?

No matter how hard I try to tell myself you’re not worth it,

I still long for your attention.

What is it with you that I’ve let myself fall into this trap?

A trap that made me not willing to stand up.

I never thought you’d make me feel like this!

I’m TRAPPED and I can’t GET OUT!

Whenever I try to get out of this trap,

You show up and make me fall harder.

Now, all I could ask for is HELP!

Help, everyone! Help me for I can’t do this anymore.

I can’t get out of this trap no matter how hard I try.

This is all your fault and yet you don’t know

I want to hate you for doing this to me.

But instead I hate myself

Hate myself because I can never hate you

It’s all because I LOVE YOU!!!

Boy’s POV

They say it’s not hard to like me

Because as they say, I am an ideal boyfriend.

But one particular girl made me know that

And it’s you, cause I always notice you

You made me feel special.

Yet I’m making you feel the opposite

And I’m really sorry for that.

I made you fall into a very big hole

Where no one can get out succesfully,

Especially you.

Everytime you tried to ignore me,

I make you not to do it successfully

And i feel really bad about that

Because that just makes you fall harder into the hole.

I realized it’s just so unfair to you.

If you just know,

I alway feel the urge to pull you out of that hole.

But it seems that I can’t

Because I’m tightly tied to a wall.

I hate myself for doing this to you!

But you have to know, it’s also your fault!

Because you came a little too late.

If only you step into my life a little earlier,

Then I could have the liberty

To say I LOVE YOU TOO!