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Mona Lisa Art Defamiliarization Analysis

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There are so many persons throughout the world that consider the Mona Lisa art piece to be an excellent representation of what ‘art’ really is. During the discussion of what makes this particular art piece so excellent, one might take into consideration the process of actually creating it. Not only does artists identify their work as art, but writers does as well and some of them also go to the extent of describing the different aspects of their work of art. This description is often achieved through the literary concept of ‘defamiliarization’. In this essay, the definition and a brief history of the concept ‘defamiliarization’ will be discussed, as well as the different interpretations of this concept. In the book, Theory into Practice: …show more content…

He also added that art is the manner of experiencing the artfulness of an object: the object is not important (Crawford). Take a spider web for example; mostly everyone is familiar with spider webs as basically being a nuisance to household cleanliness. However, if one reads a text that has a detailed description of how a spider uniquely weaves this web, one might find a well-expressed description of a spider web to be unnecessary in most real-life contexts, thus the distinction that the writer try to make with defamiliarization. This technique is used by writers to show the connection between reality and their work of …show more content…

In conclusion, defamiliarization also opposes the concept of habitualization, “when a person gets used to things surrounding him so much that he is no longer able to see their uniqueness.” However, defamiliarization compels the readers to stop the process of habitualization by approaching text with fresh eyes and think with fresh thoughts. Overall, defamiliarization is a concept with the purpose of setting the mind in a state of not being prepared and to nurture the willing deferment of

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