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Martin Jay contrasts Renaissance and Baroque approaches to visuality in his article 'Scopic regimes of modernity' (in Hal Foster, ed., Vision and Visuality, Bay Press, 1988). Identify the central characteristics of both systems and discuss.
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Martin Jay contrasts Renaissance and Baroque approaches to visuality in his article 'Scopic regimes of modernity' (in Hal Foster, ed., Vision and Visuality, Bay Press, 1988). Identify the central characteristics of both systems and discuss how they apply to: The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway 1982) - choose 1 or 2 sequences from the film for particular attention. The Renaissance and Baroque are two approaches to visuality that are discussed by Martin Jay in his article 'Scopic Regimes of modernity.' These two styles of visual representation have very different, somewhat opposing characteristics. The movie The Draughtsman's Contract features these attributes in several ways. The film features Mr Neville, a haughty, young artist who is contracted to produce a set of twelve drawings of the estate of Mrs Herbert's husband for £8 per sketch and twelve sexual favours. The movie itself demonstrates a transition from a Renaissance to a Baroque perspective. This is apparent...
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