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Examining Visuals

Assignment

Work

Writing

Assignment 1) Working with Formal Art

observing visuals – formal art work

describe, considering what a full inquiry might reveal (i.e. what’s interesting/significant)

Assignment 2) Working with Other Visual Images

observing visuals – not formal art

describe with context; analysis of how the visual is functioning

Assignment 3) Working with Personal Photographs

observing visuals – photographs (personal or archival)

describe with history and context; what’s significant?

Assignment 4) Analyzing Moving Images

observing visuals – film – with textual analysis

analysis of image with text;

Assignment 5) Suggested Revision: Adding Secondary Sources

revision that adds new element

(observing plus another method)

present inquiry in appropriate form for subject and questions raised

Assignment 6) Suggested Revision: Comparing Images

comparison

(observing )

revision that complicates or expands earlier work

Assignment 7) Suggested Revision: Collaboration

determining patterns across class work (observing with pattern analysis)

argument about patterns with illustrations

Assignment 8) Suggested Revision: Moving Outside the Classroom

revision

move work to a new audience and form

Assignment 9) Reflective Practice: Drawing Conclusions about Visual Materials

synthesis

reconsider what can be said about working with visual materials