Looking at photographs and paintings using compositional interpretation
3 Março 2020, 10:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
- Using Gillian Rose's chapter "The good eye: looking at pictures using compositional interpretation" as a basis for the analysis of photographs and paintings.
- Discussion on the effect of images on the viewer.
1. Read “Visual narratives”, pp. 81-104 and “Narrative”, pp. 96-113
2. Identify elements of narrative.
3. Illustrate narrative features in two or three photographs of your choice.
4. Rearrange and regroup a set of 5 or 6 images. Observe how, with a different arrangement, the images can convey a variety of narratives
5. Reflect on the role of captions and/or text in visual narratives