Visual Sources Flashcards
Ludmilla Jordanova
Images can cause emotions and behaviours
Viewers are not passive recipients - eg religious artefacts destroyed
Some objects have controlled audiences - censorship.
What is chosen to be in museums shows material culture.
Can have different audiences in different context/times.
What is regarded as art now, may not have been when created.
Some objects designed to be understood in certain context so can be tricky.
Audience is context dependent.
Need to remember not every passer by noticed it.
Frank Palmer
Carticature (18th c term) is close to political/social topics.
Aren’t as transparent.
The satire can be exaggerated.
So may not be accurate representation of society.
Shows attitude of artist.
Good to look at its form and any accompanying text.
May appear more mainstream than it is.
If printed, made to sell.
Visual Sources pros
Reveals opinions in times of illiteracy
Can show political belief, art styles, economy, advertisement, consumption etc
shows artists attitudes
Visual Sources cons
Can lie/exaggerate
Meaning can change when viewed in different time
Can only be interpretation of the artist
If of a person shouldn’t assume person approved of it
Was expensive to print/produce, is it as mainstream as we think?
May be propaganda, not what the audience actually thought
(Case Study) Murals In Northern Ireland - Bill Rolston
Can find analysis of symbolism through murals.
If possible, can interview the creator.
He studies Irish art and Irish art movements, and Irish History, and current events of time of mural.
Can get many meanings from this.
So visual sources good with others.
It avoids historical inaccuracies. Context is key.
The Linen Hall Library Posters in Northern Ireland
Explores political posters.
And the different groups targeted.
They used accompanying text to analyse them.
INTERVIEWS, NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS ETC.
This stops assumptions on who they were made for & how the group reacted.
