TITLE:
The Transition of Art Production: From Ritual Representation to Economical Commodification to Technological Expression
AUTHORS:
Patrick Neil M. Santiago
KEYWORDS:
Art Production, Economical Commodification, Ritual Representation, Technological Expression
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.10,
September
14,
2022
ABSTRACT: History reveals how the production and function of art have been progressively
changed. This paper will investigate the emancipation of a work of art derived
from historical accounts that are grounded in Marx and Engels’ theory of
communism concerning the abolition of private property. This inquiry
encompassed three phases: In the first phase, nature rules over man; in the
second, private property develops and nature is reduced to a simple object for
man; and in the third phase, man revolutionizes and eliminates everything. This
study will tackle the historical development of art, including 1) on
ritual activity, 2) on commodification and exploitation, and 3) on
revolution and distribution, to describe the present condition of art. Finally,
surpassing modernity and moving into a new condition, the work of art arrives
at its final point of departure—maturity. Upon entering the information age, the attitudes of art
emancipate from ritual representations to economic commodification into
technological expression. Nevertheless, the emancipation of the fine arts into
mass art is expected to take place.