VCULT200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Louvre, Ideology And Ideological State Apparatuses, False Consciousness
15 Jul 2016
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Everything we can see, even a non-sighted person navigates a visual world. Objects are represented so the audience can derive meaning. Relationship between spectator and work of art. Visual modes are replacing oral modes of communication. Shared practices of a group, community, or society through which meaning is made of the visual oral and textual world of representations sturgeon and cartwright, practices of. Lecture two: chapter one images, power and politics. What is a sign (sign, signifier, signified) Pierce on iconic, symbolic, and idexical signs. We only see what we look at. To look is an act of choice john berger, ways of seeing, 1977. Looking is a practice, much like speaking, writing, or signing. Looking involves learning to interpret, and like other practices, looking involves relationships of power. marita sturken, Milton glaser, i love new york logo, 1977. It is neither the thing nor the meaning alone, but the two together.
