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Reading the Image - Alice Guillermo - Coggle Diagram
Reading the Image - Alice Guillermo
2 Interrelated Aspects in the Study of Art
Art has its specificity
Art, while has its specificity, is at d same time historically situated n shaped by social, economic, n political forces
4 Planes of Analysis
Iconic Plane
has to do w/ d particular features, aspects, n qualities of d image w/c r d signifiers
Includes d choice of d subject w/c may bear social n political implications
One proceeds to consider d presentation of d image n its relationship to d viewer
Part of d iconic plane is d positioning of d figure or figures
N d significations dat arise from these diff presentations
In portraits, where is d gaze of d subject directed?
Is there cropping of d figure or figures? What is d sig of d kind of cropping used?
One also takes into accnt d relationship of d figures to one another, whether massed, isolated, or juxtaposed in terms of affinity or contrast
Style of Figuration
implies a particular re-presentation or interpretation of d world, a world view, if not ideology
IT is important to be sensitive to d meaning-conveying potential of highly indiv styles
Contextual Plane
social n historical context of d work of art
Bring out d full meaning of d work in terms of its human n social implications
Basic Semiotic Plane
Study of "Signs"
Includes:
visual elements n how they r used
choice of medium n technique
D format of d work
Other physical properties n marks of d work
Human psychophysical experiences (psychological n physical/sensory)
Socio-cultural conventions of a particular society n period
Axiological or Evaluative Planes
Analyzing d vals of a work
Diff task of evaluating it
First consideration in evaluation
Would be to what degree d material basis of d work conveys meaning or particular intellectual/emotional contents
Evaluation of d material basis of d work
Reckons w/ standards of excellence in d use of d medium n its related techniques
Understanding n evaluating d technical side of d work
Usual consideration of form also touches upon d principles of organization
Meaning of a work
Complex of concepts, values, n feelings w/c derive from reality n have a bearing on it