Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Reading Discussion Chapter 8

Concept

In the comments, ask one question about the reading, and answer one of your classmates questions.

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  1. What can we do to increase conceptual drama?

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  2. To increase conceptual drama, we can personify the idea, focus on essentials, and seek significance.

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  3. Contemporary art and design is widely described as, what?

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  4. Contemporary art and design is widely described as postmodern.

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  5. What are the three connections in figures of speech that link one to another?

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  6. Two types of speech connections are the analogy, which draws out a common association,and the simile, which uses the words "like" or "as". A third connection is the metaphor, which can change the meaning of an object.

    How can the message of an artwork become more memorable to the audience?

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  7. For a message in an artwork to become more meaningful to the audience, it should have characters and events with a strong relationship to direct experience. Often, just the right amount of information is necessary to describe the most simplest idea.

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  8. Q: What are two ways that an image might be influenced by it's context?

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  9. Two ways that an image would be influenced by context is: compositional context in which any image appears profoundly influences meaning, and social context in which an image appears is equally important.


    What are three figures of speech that link one thing to another?

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  10. Analogies, similes, and metaphors are figures of speech that link one thing to another.


    How are anesthetic and aesthetics different?

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