Thursday 27 August 2009

Critical Perspectives: Image Analysis Exercises

Critical Perspectives: Image Analysis Exercises

Exercise One
Ready for week 2 of Critical Perspectives, find and print a copy of the image Still Life with Chair and Caning (1912) by Pablo Picasso; in your own words (a minimum of 500 words) write an analysis of this image that includes a consideration of its technique (collage) in relation to the aims of the Cubist movement. Your review should contain 3 elements: Description, Analysis, and Evaluation.

Include:
- the key ideas contained within the chosen piece
- primary research; i.e. a direct reading from the image
- secondary research; to include a bibliography including books, journals (1 is acceptable) and the internet (utilizing 2 academic search engines only)
- different styles of writing
- quotations from and references to your sources used
- a clear, copy of your image correctly labelled
















Exercise 2

Ready for week 3 find and print a copy of the image Cut with a Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Era of Weimer Beer-Belly Culture (1919-20) by Hannah Höch; in your own words (about 600 words) write an analysis of this image that includes a consideration of its technique (photomontage) in relation to the aims of Dada in Berlin. Your review should contain 3 elements: Description, Analysis, and Evaluation.

Include:
- the key ideas contained within the chosen piece
- primary research; i.e. a direct reading from the image
- secondary research; to include a bibliography including books, journals (1 is acceptable) and the internet (utilizing 2 academic search engines only)
- different styles of writing
- quotations from and references to your sources used
- a clear, copy of your image correctly labelled





















Exercise 3

Ready for week 4 find and print a copy of the image Bathers at Moritzburg (1909-1910) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; in your own words (about 600 words) write an analysis of this image that includes a consideration of its technique (colour and image distortion) in relation to the aims of the Expressionist movement in Europe. Your review should contain 3 elements: Description, Analysis, and Evaluation.


Include:
- the key ideas contained within the chosen piece
- primary research; i.e. a direct reading from the image
- secondary research; to include a bibliography including books, journals (1 is acceptable) and the internet (utilizing 2 academic search engines only)
- different styles of writing
- quotations from and references to your sources used
- a clear, copy of your image correctly labelled
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Exercise 4

Ready for week 5 find and print a copy of the photograph Girl with Leica (1935) by Aleksandr Rodchenko ; in your own words (about 600 words) write an analysis of this image that includes a consideration of its technique (photography) in relation to the aims of the Russian Constructivist movement and the Bauhaus. Your review should contain 3 elements: Description, Analysis, and Evaluation.


Include:
- the key ideas contained within the chosen piece
- primary research; i.e. a direct reading from the image
- secondary research; to include a bibliography including books, journals (1 is acceptable) and the internet (utilizing 2 academic search engines only)
- different styles of writing
- quotations from and references to your sources used
- a clear, copy of your image correctly labelled
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Exercise 5

Ready for week 6 find and print a copy of the image Monogram (1955) by Robert Rauschenberg; in your own words (about 600 words) write an analysis of this image that includes a consideration of the image in relation to contemporary (to the image) art and design in America. Your review should contain 3 elements: Description, Analysis, and Evaluation.

Include:
- the key ideas contained within the chosen piece
- primary research; i.e. a direct reading from the image
- secondary research; to include a bibliography including books, journals (1 is acceptable) and the internet (utilizing 2 academic search engines only)
- different styles of writing
- quotations from and references to your sources used
- a clear, copy of your image correctly labelled






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