Richard Misrach's photography reflects the concept of the Sublime, from the Enlightenment.
Research Misrach's work by reading about his intentions, and also by looking at the work. Then answer the following questions;
1. What and when was the Enlightenment?
Enlightenment is the era in Western philosophy at 18th century. This is not a single movement or school of thought, for these philosophies was often mutually contradictory or divergent. At its core was a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals, and a strong belief in rationality and science. There is little consensus on when to date the start of the age of Enlightenment and some scholars simply use the beginning of the 18th century or the middle of the 18th century as a default date.
2. Define the concept of the Sublime.
Define the Sublime is the quality of greatness or vast magnitude, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic. Sublime is the nature from the beauty and landscape.
3. How did the concept of the Sublime come out of the Enlightenment thought?
The artists want to show the beauty of the painting so this is where sublime has used.
Sublime is something literally overwhelming, either because of its enormity (a high mountain, a deep chasm, a blinding light), its infinity (the spiritual or timeless) or its obscurity ( a cloud-capped mountain, a floating mist, night, intense darkness) - all significantly, the opposite or the precise, measured, penetrating 'light' of the enlightenment.
4. Discuss the subject matter, and aesthetic (look) of Misrach's work to identify the Sublime in his work. Add some more images of his work.
Misrach’s works have captured his art work from the different height and level. The photograph of the “untitled 1132-04 [Flippers], 2004” has people lay on the sand and you can see a huge scale of sands of itself has heaps of people foot print this also shows the sublime of the nature. The 'Swimmers, Pyramid Lake Indiana Reservation, Nevada, 1987-93' natural look of the mountain and the ocean and small scale of human shows how nature is big and strong compare to human itself.
Richard Misrach
Untitled 1132-04 [Flippers], 2004
Untitled 1132-04 [Flippers], 2004
Swimmers, Pyramid Lake Indiana Reservation, Nevada, 1987-93
5. Identify some other artists or designers that work with ideas around the Sublime, from the Enlightenment era as well as contemporary artists.
Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner is one of the greatest meters British watercolour landscape paintings. He is known as ‘the painter of light’ and his work regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. He is the enlightenment artist who also do sublime as well.
William Turner Flint Castle
6. How does Misrach's photography make you feel? Does it appeal to your imagination?
Some of the Misrach’s photograph that he took has a feeling of quite, alone, and feeling of fear of the nature (Swimmers, Pyramid Lake Indiana Reservation, Nevada, 1987-93) because you don’t know what is behind that mountain. The nature is beautiful but also powerful and human is only part of it.
7. Add a Sublime image of your choice to your blog, which can be Art or just a Sublime photograph.
8. Reference your sources (books and websites).
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