Presentation of key theories and concepts to image analysis: connotation and denotation

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

1.     Analysis of the different layers of meaning in images.

2.     Application of Roland Barthes’s model of semiotics to the analysis of images.

3.     Discussion of the interrelationship of image and text.

For next class:

1. Read “Images, Power and Politics”, pp. 37-48, and identify key theories and concepts: ideology, portraiture, icon.

2. Examine development of photography from the 19^th century to the present day, as well as its the social and cultural role.

3. Select two image icons and discuss the historical and social context from which they emerged and gained meaning.

4. Examine the treatment of motherhood in painting and photography.