September 16th Questions on the readings

1) In the book "Ways of Seeing" John Berger states, "the uniqueness of every painting was once apart of the uniqueness of the place where it resided." How does the uniqueness become destroyed by being transported physically when its transported mentally by the viewer? Viewers look at the painting and relate it to them and include the past like Berger inculeded. Therefore, even if the painting is not being transported from the kitchen to the living room it still is being transported in some one's mind which will give it a different meaning but the same uniqueness.

2) Berger talks about the camera and how it was first created to be in many places at one time and go beyond the human eye. It also talks about how a painting is owned by a film maker when the reproduce the image. Do you think that artist every regreat the camers usage with their art or are they priveledged that millions of people are seeing it?

3) In the reading "The Volcabulary of Comics" it talks about the American comic and some cahrateristiccs of it and the Japan comic. Which was is the oldest? Which comic depicts some of the images from the "Ways of Seeing" book?