Unit 7 Activity 1

Activity 1

• Briefly discuss why you think painters of the Victorian period might have criticized these early photomontages and why the pictures were popular with the general public. (This technique of piecing together separate images to create one picture is again very popular with both artists and the media). 
• What two reasons can you think of for this revival of an old technique? 

I think those painters probably criticized the early versions of photomontages because they probably didn't consider them to be art. Also, many of the painters were still being introduced to the new era of the Victorian period. The Victorian period introduced new kinds of art such as photomontages. I think the painters still weren't used to seeing new types of art like photomontages. The pictures were probably popular with the public though because they enjoyed seeing newer art around town. I think this technique was revived because it tells the news of the public and it also shows the progress of art's success in the media.