Characteristics of portrait paintings and portrait photographs

18 Fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

• Analysis of presidential portrait paintings and portrait photographs
• Discussion about the construction of political icons and myths

For next class:

1.     Read “Modes of analysis”, 128-143

2.     Read “Interpreting Photographs”, pp. 38-59

3.     Consider how Susan Sontag’s interpretation of Jeff Wall’s Dead Troops Talk can function as a model for interpreting other images.