Professor Brown's Visit

John Brown's visit to class was educational in a literally sense and in a musical way. Growing up in New Orleans it is obvious that all different cultures of music help inspire him for his books and writings. I learned about Fado music; which is Portugal folk music. It had a slight connection to the Spanish music he played. But he also played a sample of the genre Blues, which was originated in New Orleans. All this music had a connection to the idea of emotion, and how emotion in art is shown through Erotic Art vs. Advertisement. The example he showed us was Saint Sebastian, and how he is portrayed hopeless with arrows stuck in him, the the look of agony on his face. And the only covering he has is a cloth covering him. The connection was drawn to models for different advertisements such as abrecombi, and how their expression of the body and face resembled Saint Sebastian. This shows that art can somewhat repeat itself. This relates to John Berger's Ways of Seeing because of the photo essay in chapter 2 of the ways women are used for advertisements to add a sexual reference to capture the viewers eye. This is just like St. Sebastian and how his picture of agony is portrayed in advertisements.