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Visual Analysis

Visual Analysis. Anecdotal : the story you see in the image or the history of the image depicted Formal : the arrangement of the formal elements or the mechanics of the image (“how it works”) Symbolic : the hidden meaning of the image or the message you are meant to get from the depiction.

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Visual Analysis

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  1. Visual Analysis • Anecdotal: the story you see in the image or the history of the image depicted • Formal: the arrangement of the formal elements or the mechanics of the image (“how it works”) • Symbolic: the hidden meaning of the image or the message you are meant to get from the depiction

  2. Greuze, Jean-Baptiste. (1725-1805) • The Wicked Son Punished (1778) • Anecdotal analysis – what is the story here? Characters? Plot? • Formal analysis – how does the arrangement of shapes and colors, line and light work? • Symbolic analysis – what do you make of the dog? The walking staff? Other details? • Pulling it all together – how is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

  3. Visual Analysis • Anecdotal: the story you see in the image or the history of the image depicted • Formal: the arrangement of the formal elements or the mechanics of the image (“how it works”) • Symbolic: the hidden meaning of the image or the message you are meant to get from the depiction

  4. Raphael,The Three Graces. (c.1503-1504) • Anecdotal analysis – describe the scene. What is the story here? Characters? • Formal analysis – how does the arrangement of shapes and colors, line and light work? • Symbolic analysis – what do you make of the objects held by the three graces? Other elements, such as the landscape? • Pulling it all together – how is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

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