{"id":2009,"date":"2012-08-08T00:37:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T05:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"This generation lives in a visual culture of unprecedented complexity. You have inherited a world in a storm of visual and artistic diversity. <!--more-->A sea of advertisements, websites, mobile devices, a billion apps and all before you've stepped foot "},"modified":"2012-09-26T00:04:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T05:04:42","slug":"aesthetic-perspectives-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/spotlight-schedule\/aesthetic-perspectives-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aesthetic Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This generation lives in a visual culture of unprecedented complexity. You have inherited a world in a storm of visual and artistic diversity. <!--more-->A sea of advertisements, websites, mobile devices, a billion apps and all before you&#8217;ve stepped foot in a museum. How did we get here and why does &#8220;here&#8221; look the way it does? In addition, what is the engine behind it all and can anyone learn the skills needed to meaningfully contribute?<\/p>\n<p>In his Spotlight presentation, Mike Wiggins asks us to consider some of these questions.\u00a0 Sometimes the answers are fairly straightforward, but at other times, they are not.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/vimeo.com\/50172058<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Reading<\/h3>\n<p>In preparation for this Spotlight session, please read the following excerpt:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webfiles.acu.edu\/departments\/General%20Education\/CORE%20110\/Readings\/Brand_Chaplin-Art_and_Blurred_Boundaries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin, &#8220;Art and Blurred Boundaries&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Note: myACU login required to view reading.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin, <em>Art and Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts<\/em><span>.\u00a0 (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 110-122.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This article references many images and artists. For those artists that are unfamiliar, take a look at this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/spotlight-schedule\/aesthetic-perspectives\/art-from-blurred-boundaries-image-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">visual guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Join the Conversation<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you have a question for this week&#8217;s speaker or would like to share a conclusion of your own, please post it as a comment below. We welcome off-campus voices to the public Cornerstone dialogue as long as they are respectful and contribute meaningfully to these curricular discussions. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/terms-of-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACU Blogs Terms of Use<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/about\/\">About Cornerstone<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><!--sidebar--><\/p>\n<h1>Spotlight Resources<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/the-art-of-the-matter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1656\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/files\/2012\/08\/the_man_book_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/the-art-of-the-matter\/\">Blind Sculptress of Saint Benedict\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/spotlight-schedule\/gods-idols-terrorists-jesus\/a-book-burning-jesus\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/spotlight-schedule\/aesthetic-perspectives\/canon-fodder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1918\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/files\/2012\/08\/creative_confidence_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef12\/spotlight-schedule\/aesthetic-perspectives\/canon-fodder\/\">Creative Confidence<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>BIOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n<p>Mike Wiggins is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design. 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