In any work of art the factor рукотворности is very important. In operations of the artist this most рукотворность is ordinary visible rather accurately. It is not important, whether we deal with color (painting by oil) or with its absence (graphic operation by coal) – anyway рукотворность is explicitly felt as the spectator. Explicitly perceptible рукотворность facilitates art criticism process атрибуции a work of art.
Absolutely other business – a photo. It enough технична inherently. Looking at a finite photographic print, to define its author it is much more difficult. Very often photo too well transfers a reality and too successfully hides authorship. Differently, it carries not too many signs рукотворности, understood here as expression of authoring individuality.
In a photo the failure from color in favor of the black-and-white image is one of methods though somehow to recover almost lost рукотворность. Usage of special techniques (for example, shooting by a monocle) also направленно on the decision of this task.
For this reason the black-and-white photo in many cases also is perceived as more art. In it authoring leaving from exceptional documenting of a reality in favor of art рукотворности is more accurately designated.
As though art didn’t remind a reality (we will tell, for the account addition of the traditional plane image with dimensions, осязательностью, smells and so forth), it always only remains reality simulation; and, the simulation received as a result of authoring interpretation. Authors use a reality simply as one more tool for own self-expression. And, in a photo, likely, – as in any other art form.
This fact clearly is realized and at level of the spectator, the listener, etc. As Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin hasn’ted: «Over fiction by tears I will have a shower bath». At the moment of perception explicitly realized fiction wonderfully will be transformed to reality illusion. But to replace fiction with a reality it is impossible, for it and is наисущественнейший an art component. It wouldn’t accept what form.
If art can repeat a reality in accuracy – it will cease to be art and itself becomes only a reality part. Having killed a dragon, it becomes (will be forced to become) a dragon. In a photo the failure, for example, from color is one of possible types of natural resistance to process of such transformation.
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It is not necessary to perceive all aforesaid, as protection of art against a reality. The reality isn’t less fine, surprising and волнующа. Therefore nobody can be responsible for you on a question «and whether it is necessary to kill a dragon?». You should find the answer. What it was, without a dragon we don’t remain.