Paintings
of the human body without the outer skin cannot compare to were technology has
taken us today. Many artists were fascinated by the way our body works. Today
technology has driven the medical field to do unbelievable things with the
human body.
Artistic paintings of the human
body are not enough to show what is really under our skin. With the help of
technology there a human body tour was established as an educational experience
showing off real bodies. This exhibit is shown to millions of people each year.
The exhibits are meant to help people understand what goes on inside their
bodies and the affects of bad habits such as smoking (Benedetti, 2006).
Attending one of these events has been one of my goals, I want to show my
friends who are involved in bad habits aside from smoking, but alcohol abuse,
and how their bodies will be affected in the future.
An
artistic way to connect a living being to the arts is via plastic surgery. Human
defects and war injuries were often the case why plastic surgery was needed.
Today, it is commonly known as an expensive beauty fixer that consequently may
have an affect on mental states (Baum, 2014). Plastic surgery is often
connected to Hollywood icons and controversial to the meaning of true beauty.
The pressure of getting older and competing with the younger generation often
triggers Hollywood icons to use plastic surgery (Lee, 2015). There are those
who want to look beautiful and need the help of art and technology to achieve
this.
As we have seen, the use of art and technology has taken our
human nature to a whole different level. With the help of this modern medical
technology new disease are found and our life expectancy has increased. Who
would’ve known how far technology would have taken medical technology, from
artistic paintings to visually seeing the human body in person and filmstrip.
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“Education or freak show? ‘Bodies… The Exhibition’ cashes in on our own
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Lee, Ellen. “5
Ways Technology Is Transforming Health Care.” Forbes Brand Voice. Forbes, 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.
Lee, Esther.
“Halle Berry: Plastic Surgery Is Pushed ‘Like Crack’ in Hollywood, Pressure Is
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I agree with you on how so many Hollywood stars are routinely getting plastic surgery nowadays. But, is getting plastic surgery truly an artistic way? Shouldn't it be used in medical way? Have you seen one of this week's videos about Orlan? She had 9 plastic surgeries so far and it was pretty disturbing and disgusting to me to watch her so called "performance." I think people, including Hollywood stars, should have more self-esteem and not obsess too much on how they look, and use plastic surgery for better cause.
ReplyDeleteHey Antonio, as what you wrote that the use of art and technology has taken our human nature to a whole different level, I'm strongly agree with you on this point. You first of all explain the way technology facilitate our life by how x-ray helps showing the inside structure of human body and how this relates to your personal experience like how cigarette, drugs and alcohol do harm to our body. It's interesting. However, I don't really see any relationship between this and art. It is like the sole influence of technology. Later you use the plastic surgery as an example of how art and technology relate to each other. You've presented the point that people use technology to achieve the goal of beauty. But you may can go deeper on both sub-topics and add some bad influences of how plastic surgery affects people' s apparence. I like your blogs;)
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