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What does the term 'mimetic' refer to in the context of images?
What does the term 'mimetic' refer to in the context of images?
How does the statement about the 'myth of photographic truth' explain the role of subjectivity in photography?
How does the statement about the 'myth of photographic truth' explain the role of subjectivity in photography?
What is the primary distinction between reflecting meaning and constructing meaning?
What is the primary distinction between reflecting meaning and constructing meaning?
What does being 'subjective' imply compared to being 'objective'?
What does being 'subjective' imply compared to being 'objective'?
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What does connotative meaning refer to in contrast to denotative meaning?
What does connotative meaning refer to in contrast to denotative meaning?
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How does visual culture relate to ideologies and power relations according to the content?
How does visual culture relate to ideologies and power relations according to the content?
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What is the difference between historical and cultural meaning versus universal meaning?
What is the difference between historical and cultural meaning versus universal meaning?
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What does the concept of 'ironical' expression imply?
What does the concept of 'ironical' expression imply?
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Mimetic
Mimetic
Mirroring of ideas almost identically; a mirror image.
Anthropomorphic
Anthropomorphic
Attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects.
Realism
Realism
Art style that captures realistic and everyday lives authentically.
Empirical
Empirical
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Ideology
Ideology
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Denotative vs. Connotative
Denotative vs. Connotative
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Subjective vs. Objective
Subjective vs. Objective
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Myth of Photographic Truth
Myth of Photographic Truth
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Study Notes
Practices of Looking - Images, Power, and Politics
- Emotional Response to Images: Give an example of an image that evokes an emotional reaction. Describe the image and your reaction. Include the image (if applicable).
- Representation of Ideas: Define mimetic, anthropomorphic, realism, empirical, and analog in the context of image analysis.
- Ideology: Explain how ideology, values, and concepts are presented in society. Illustrate using relevant examples.
- Peirce's Semiotics: Define icon, index, and symbol. Explain how icon provides resemblance between the object and the sign, index establishes an existential alliance between meaning and interpretation in the same place and time, and symbol signifies a relationship without obvious correlation with the object.
- Reflecting vs. Constructing Meaning: Discuss the difference between reflecting meaning and constructing meaning. Highlight how reflecting involves reasoning about ideology presented by an image while constructing meaning involves a way of reasoning to produce meaning through visual form.
- Subjective vs. Objective: Explain the difference between subjective and objective viewpoints and how they relate to image interpretation. Highlight how a subjective viewpoint can be clouded by personal biases while an objective viewpoint only involves presenting factual information.
- Myth of Photographic Truth: Explain the idea of the "myth of photographic truth." Highlight that photography has a degree of subjective choice even if intended or not, which means there are subjective choices made during the photographic process (e.g., programming of cameras).
- Photographs as Fetish Objects: Explain why photographs can achieve "semantic status" as fetish objects, and what significance this has as objects or documents. Explain how we make meaning from photographs by acknowledging understanding of objects through denotative and connotative interpretations.
- Denotative vs. Connotative Meaning: Explain the difference between denotative and connotative meaning in the context of image analysis. Provide examples.
- Images and Visual Culture: Discuss how visual culture is not just a representation of ideologies and power relations, but integral to them; Images and visuals are like advertisements for different ideologies (without one, the other may not exist).
- Universal vs. Historical/Cultural Meaning: Differentiate between universal meaning (something that can always be interpreted no matter when) and historical/cultural meaning (meaning related to a specific time and culture).
- Historical/Cultural Analysis: Explain how to consider the "who," "what," "when," and "where" when analyzing historical and cultural meaning in images.
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Explore the intersection of images, power, and politics in this quiz. Analyze emotional responses to images, understand various concepts in image analysis, and delve into semiotics with Peirce's definitions. Reflect on the differences between reflecting and constructing meaning in the context of ideology and society.
