Ontology of Photography

Plastic Arts

The arts that involve molding and modeling.

Psychoanalysis

The try to reason and understand the subconscious mind or origin of something from the inner human mind.

Labyrinthine

To have many confusing corridors, or being labyrinth like.

Anthropocentric

To center around humanity and human values above other entities.

Utilitarian

A ideology that strives from the betterment of the collective through good deeds leading to that outcome.

Baroque

The old renaissance art style that focused on realistic lighting and form.

Aesthetic

The general beaty of a image of object, or the study of the techniques and qualities of art.

Ontology

The origin of something and the reason why it exists.

Camera obscura

The first inventions that lead to the camera. Was a dark room with a hole that let’s light into the room, then a mirror to reflect it onto a drawing board.

Scientific perspective

The logical and more theory based ideas around the origin and purpose of art.

Pseudo

To be fake or false.

Niepce

The name of the first man to make a photograph

Lumiere

One of the first pioneers to cinema.

Subjectivity

To have a opinion biased or based off personal flaws and expiriances.

Objectivity

To be completely logical and separate from bias.

Ersatz

A product in substitution from the original or otherwise considered inferior.

Sepia

The word for describing the browns found in older films from the 1920s.

Catalepsy

For someone to lose complete control and become extremely still without control or consent.

Surrealism

An art style that depicts the absurdity or dreams and the unconscious mind.

Impressionism

To make something as close to reality or mimic it.