The importance of technology in art1

Art is a form of creative expression that human beings have, it is the way in which we represent our feelings, emotions, experiences and the perception of what surrounds us. Over the years artists have found new forms of expression, for example; photography, cinema, 3D modeling, design, etc., and even such traditional disciplines as painting, sculpture, music, theater, drawing, dance and literature have been evolving thanks to the contribution of the new technologies.

Importance of technology in art

In this post we will reflect on the role that technology plays in relation to different artistic expressions, turning to specific examples taken from different artistic disciplines, since these could become the strongest arguments that highlight its importance.

So, we can ask ourselves: Is technology and has it been an essential element for the development and evolution of art? What kind of role does technology play in the field of arts? How necessary are technological processes in modern art so that the artist has sufficient resources for expression?

Perhaps today more than ever it is important for the artist to reflect on these questions, therefore, the elements that technology makes available to him in his specific present; They imply a range of possibilities that not only allow the expressiveness of traditional arts to be enhanced, but also open the possibility of new forms of expression of the spirit and human sensitivity hitherto unknown.

This essay argues, first of all, that technology has been fundamental in the evolution of the forms of expression of the classical arts, which have evolved at the pace of the technological advance of civilizations. Secondly, it is argued that all artistic disciplines have been born thanks to a minimum necessary technological base and this is applicable to both classic expressions and the new expressions of the third millennium. And, finally, it is argued that not only the birth and evolution of art are linked to technology, but also its dissemination and the consequent appreciation by a community or the entire world.

Arguments about the importance of the use of technology in art
Index of contents
1. Arguments about the importance of the use of technology in art
2. Importance of technology in art at the current time

A first argument in favor of the importance of the use of technology in art is of a historical nature and refers to the intimate relationship between technology and artistic expression. Since the most remote known human cultures, human beings have shown the need to express themselves in art. To paint in caves (now known as cave paintings), decorate instruments for mammoth hunting, or decorate various utensils that have survived to this day, human beings required a specific technique and technology that would allow them to carry out these tasks. expressions.

As human beings progressed technologically, their artistic expressions diversified and reached new forms of expression. Let's think about the carving of a statue like Michelangelo Buonarroti's Pietà 1, this would be impossible for primitive man and not due to artistic incapacity, but due to the lack of adequate instruments, in other words, there was no technology that would make it possible. Let's now reflect on the music. Pre-Hispanic peoples in America and ancestral tribes throughout the world have used rudimentary musical instruments to express harmony of sounds and rhythm as a means of expressing their religiosity and spirit. However, using those instruments and trying to perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with them would be impossible.

We could thus go through each of the different artistic disciplines and notice how throughout history their expression has been enhanced according to the evolution of technology in general. This shows that art has always been stimulated by technology and knowledge of the discipline's own techniques.