The Transformation of “Classic Motifs” in Bill Viola’s Works

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 美術史研究所 === 100 === Bill Viola, who is honored with "Rembrandt of the video age", frequently refers and transforms the classic motif, exhibiting the unique vision in contemporary video arts due to his image characteristics fused with classic and contemporary. He is good...

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Main Authors: Jia-Rong Yang, 楊佳蓉
Other Authors: Huang Hien-Hung
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wuvq8y
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 美術史研究所 === 100 === Bill Viola, who is honored with "Rembrandt of the video age", frequently refers and transforms the classic motif, exhibiting the unique vision in contemporary video arts due to his image characteristics fused with classic and contemporary. He is good at operations of the distinct video techniques, resulting in multiple video documents with the pictures describing Bible stories and history parables that only exist in the traditional western paintings or the contemporary-video-connected structures reflecting the traditional ideas in the west. In this thesis, the author observes Bill Viola’s several topics in video containing the transformed classic motif, and further analyzes the operations of video medium in body image, formation, and narrative. She also takes care of the connection between the arts from the past and the creative works of the contemporary, and discusses what kind of correction the artists have made to the classic motif.