Module 3.B: Levels of Meaning of Subject

Question 1

Understanding Works of Art

According to an essay titled_________–
by Alice G. Guillermo (2001), the image can be
examined using the basic semiotic plane, the iconic
plane, and the contextual plane, and the evaluative
plane.

Answer 1

“Reading the Image”

Question 2

Understanding Works of Art

According to______________, understanding the work of art may involve a great deal of research because the meaning of an important work can grow with time, as viewing it becomes a process of continual discovery.

Answer 2

Alice G. Guillermo

Question 3

But in 1990,____________ wrote his analysis claiming that the background outlining God and the angel resembles the human brain. Prior to 1990 or even in the biography of Michelangelo, he never said anything about it.

Answer 3

Dr. Frank Lynn Meshberger

Question 4

what is the meaning of art

Answer 4

is a complex of intellectual, emotional
and sensory significations

Question 5

what is is a complex of intellectual, emotional
and sensory significations which the work conveys and to which the viewer responds, bringing in the breadth of his cultural background, artistic exposure and training and human experience in a dialogic relationship with the
artwork. Therefore, the artwork is the dialogue between
the artist and the viewer. A work of art may accommodate several meanings. Meaning is not
absolute. Any interpretation is valid but interpretation has to prove its point.

Answer 5

art

Question 6

what are the 3 list of LEVELS OF MEANING

Answer 6

1. Factual Meaning
   2.Conventional Meaning
   3.Subjective Meaning

Question 7

give me the 3 list of “Reading the Image” of Cf. Alice Guillermo’s

Answer 7

1.Semiotic Plane
2.Iconic Plane
3.Contextual Plane

Question 8

This is part of LEVELS OF MEANING WHERE the LITERAL STATEMENT or the narrative content in the work which can be directly apprehended because the objects
presented are easily recognized.

Answer 8

Factual Meaning

Question 9

This is part of LEVELS OF MEANING WHERE refers to the SPECIAL MEANING that a certain object or color has a
particular culture or group of people.

Answer 9

Conventional Meaning

Question 10

This is part of LEVELS OF MEANING WHERE
any PERSONAL MEANING consciously or
unconsciously conveyed by the artist using
a private symbolism which stems from his
own association of certain objects, actions
or colors with past experiences.

Answer 10

Subjective Meaning

Question 11

THIS IS PART OF THE READING THE IMAGE WHERE general technical aspect of the work

Answer 11

Semiotic Plane

Question 12

THIS IS PART OF THE READING THE IMAGE WHERE which may bear the social and political implications.

Answer 12

Iconic Plane

Question 13

THIS IS PART OF THE READING THE IMAGE WHERE This demands a broad knowledge Of society’s history, economic, political and cultural conditions

Answer 13

Contextual Plane