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The Aesthetics Of Narcissism

Technology has provided us with many advances, but perhaps one of the most interesting ones of them all is the advancements made with video and film in the arts. Film in comparison to to a painting or a drawing provides the viewer with much more to analyze and look at. A painting allows the viewer to examine its brush strokes for example, but in film it becomes a different ground for analyzing a piece of artwork. Additionally, the human body becomes the focus point for the viewer, along with everything they interpret mentally and physically. As a result of this, the viewer can analyze themselves through what the character goes through. The viewer will internalize everything seen through the camera and relate it to themselves depending on what they may be experiencing through that time.

As a result of this, one can argue that these factors allow someone to experience feelings that are related to narcissism. If we compare a viewer that is looking at a painting instead of film, these feelings can be different because it becomes more difficult for the viewer to understand themselves through a painting. A viewer watching film centers themselves on the main character of the film along with everything that happens around them. This is achieved through different angles of filming. The camera becomes the key part of this process.

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