Both artists should be living, one should have been born before
1989, the other should have been born after 1989 (I've chosen this date, as it marks the introduction
of the 'world wide web').
The artists:
I chose Violet Dennison for the artist which is born after 1989 and Richard Long for being born before 1989.
My thoughts:
By looking at both of their websites I can see that I much prefer Richard long's website to Violet Dennison through the way Long's website to me is more clearly laid out. When you look up Violet Dennison you get to this page:
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| Screen shot of the page |
From there you have to cut onto the link which then takes you to the website:
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| Screen shot of the page |
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| Screen shot of the page |
My first thoughts looking that this page I feel that it has an interesting look by showing the work very nice and clear. And when you scroll down you just see big photos of her work which to me is one of the only things I like about this page because you get to see a lot of her work in a clear way and the names and when they were made. Which really helps me because I hate having to look everywhere for information on a piece of work.
Similarly Richard Long does that by showing his work with photos:
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However, I feel that Long has a better layout where he has fewer images of each work and then you can click on the image and get the information up for it. I feel that the Long's layout makes the website look more professional and Dennison's look more experimental through the way Long has all the main column are layout clear and are easier to read.
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But as for Dennison's the writing to me is so unclear and makes it hard for me to read. Through the colour and style of the work, but I also think that she might be experimenting with this style maybe so it more clear to look at the work and not the writing itself.
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They both have a similar biography through the way they both have a brief bit about them, for example when they were born and where. The rest is when their shows were on and where. This show that both artist's websites are more about the art and not the artist themselves, which for me, interests me more because I'm not a person which really clears about what the artist was doing and where. I clear more about the art itself.
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| Screen shot of Long's website |
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| Screen shot of Long's website |
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| Screen shot of Dennison's website |
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| Screen shot of Dennison's website |
I feel that Long's website breaks the 'stereotypes' of people being born before 1989 that people don't know how to use and work the 'world wide web' and which they can't make a good looking website. But Long's I feel has a better looking website which makes more sense then Dennison because I feel that Dennison is quite confusing to me and I don't really know how an where to go on the website to find the information that I want.
Long's almost functions as a picture book which you can go and look at the image of his work and there's not much information about the piece but that's pretty much with both of them. Because Long is a more of an established artist there is no information to contact him or anything like that, but for Dennison's there is a part at the top of the writing on the side showing contact detail and this would be because she is an up and coming artist and want to put herself out there.
Overall, I feel that it really doesn't matter whether an artist is born before or after 1989 their website can have better or worst layouts and it's all down to personal preference on their websites.
