Your starting point for context is based on this –
What was it created for?
Advertising – making you want to buy or have something
Artistic expression (ie, abstract) – perhaps suggesting mood or asking for a certain response form the viewer.
Recording an event (ie, a scientific experiment or the record of a location)
Propaganda – making you have or change an opinion
Decoration – to look nice in a space/on the wall
Religion – to endorse your beliefs or change your beliefs
Portrayal – such as portraits, buildings etc.
Story-telling – to support a written narrative or tell the story in pictures
Reporting – to illustrate real events and/or support written accounts of events
Part of a bigger series of work – more information on this could be crucial to your understanding of individual pieces of work
A physical space – for example, Rothko’s paintings in Tate Modern (originally created for a restaurant in New York)
If the images have titles – how do these give you clues as to the context?
In your notes you need to make comments giving the context of the work you are analysing.
What was it created for?
Advertising – making you want to buy or have something
Artistic expression (ie, abstract) – perhaps suggesting mood or asking for a certain response form the viewer.
Recording an event (ie, a scientific experiment or the record of a location)
Propaganda – making you have or change an opinion
Decoration – to look nice in a space/on the wall
Religion – to endorse your beliefs or change your beliefs
Portrayal – such as portraits, buildings etc.
Story-telling – to support a written narrative or tell the story in pictures
Reporting – to illustrate real events and/or support written accounts of events
Part of a bigger series of work – more information on this could be crucial to your understanding of individual pieces of work
A physical space – for example, Rothko’s paintings in Tate Modern (originally created for a restaurant in New York)
If the images have titles – how do these give you clues as to the context?
In your notes you need to make comments giving the context of the work you are analysing.