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Ch02 b - Visual Literacy (Nonrepresentational / Iconography)
This document discusses key concepts related to visual literacy, including the relationship between words, images, and real-world objects; the idea of representation in art; and conventions in art. It provides examples to illustrate representational art that portrays recognizable natural forms, nonrepresentational art that does not reference the natural world, and degrees of representation from realistic to abstract. Stylization and naturalistic styles of representation are also defined. Examples of works from different eras and cultures are used to demonstrate these concepts.
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Ch02 b - Visual Literacy (Nonrepresentational / Iconography)
- 1. Developing Visual Literacy
- 2. • Relationship amongwords, images, objects in the real world • Idea of representation • Conventions in art • Iconography
- 3. Relationship among words,images, objects in the real world
- 4. René Magritte. TheTreason of Images. 1929. 21 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
- 5. Lorna Simpson. She.1992. 29 x 85 1/4 in.
- 6. Lorna Simpson. Necklines.1989. 68 1/2 x 70 in.
- 7. Shirin Neshat. Rebellious Silence,from the Women of Allah series. 1994. 11 x 14 in.
- 9. Andres Serrano PissChrist
- 12. Idea of Representation •Representational – art that portrays natural objects in recognizable form • Nonrepresentational – art that does not reference the natural or objective world at all.
- 13. Representational Realistic – morerepresentative of what the eye sees Stylize - to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. Abstract – the less a work resembles real thing in the real world. Of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with reference to their relationship to one another.
- 14. Albert Bierstadt. TheRocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak. 1863. 73 1/2 x 120 3/4 in.
- 15. Paul Cezanne. MontSainte-Victoire.
- 16. Sesshu Toyo. HabokuLandscape for Soen (detail). Muromachi period, 1495. total height 58 1/4 in.
- 20. Apollo Belvedere (detail).Roman copy after a fourth-century BCE Greek original. Height of entire sculpture 7 ft. 4 in.
- 21. African mask, Sangtribe.
- 22. Naturalistic – wherethe artist retains apparently realistic elements, but present the visual world from a distinctly personal or subjective view.
- 23. Albert Bierstadt. TheRocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak. 1863. 73 1/2 x 120 3/4 in.
Editor's Notes
- #2 It is important for you to understand that, from the outset, that you can neither recognize nor understand – let alone communicate – how visual art affects you without using language. One of the primary purposes of this class is to provide you with a descriptive vocabulary, terms, phrases, concepts, etc… that will allow you to think critically about visual images. It’s not enough to say, “I like this painting”. You need to be able to recognise why you like and why/how it communicates to you.
- #3 It is important for you to understand that, from the outset, that you can neither recognize nor understand – let alone communicate – how visual art affects you without using language. One of the primary purposes of this class is to provide you with a descriptive vocabulary, terms, phrases, concepts, etc… that will allow you to think critically about visual images. It’s not enough to say, “I like this painting”. You need to be able to recognise why you like and why/how it communicates to you.
- #4 It is important for you to understand that, from the outset, that you can neither recognize nor understand – let alone communicate – how visual art affects you without using language. One of the primary purposes of this class is to provide you with a descriptive vocabulary, terms, phrases, concepts, etc… that will allow you to think critically about visual images. It’s not enough to say, “I like this painting”. You need to be able to recognise why you like and why/how it communicates to you.
- #5 Rene Magritte – english translation – This is not a Pipe
- #21 Gods look like man, only more beautiful
- #22 Exaggerated features to, at least in part, separate it form the “real”