Unit8 .Meanings of the Artistic Image

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I.E.S. FERNANDO III EL SANTO / PROYECTO BILINGE A.N.L.: ART AND DRAWING1

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UNIT 8: MEANINGS OF THE ARTISTIC IMAGE.

UNIT8 : MEANINGS OF THE ARTISTIC IMAGE

OUTLINEASPECTOS

LINGSTICOSVOCABULARY

1. MEANINGS OF THE ARTISTIC IMAGES MEANING AND SIGNIFIER MEANING OF AN ART WORK DENOTATION/CONNOTATION

2. ARTISTIC GENRES STILL LIFE PORTRAIT LANDSCAPE

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1. MEANINGS OF THE ARTISTIC IMAGES

Visual characteristics images will allow us to know how they are made.

Meanings of images will allow us to know what they are trying to communicate.

MEANING AND SIGNIFIER

The meaning is the real or symbolic sense that could be given by a visual message. This term is alwaysconnected to the signifier (the visual content of the image)

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The visual code is a group/set of norms and procedures which connect meanings and signifiers to makevisual messages more comprehensible.

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A gesture, an image or a sign are meaningless in themselves. So, to make a group of visual elementsmeaningful it is necessary to set an agreement, or rules of conduct between the issuer and the receiver.

MEANING OF AN ART WORK

The Arnolfinis marriage by Jan Van Eyck. Meanings

Giovanni de Arrigo: he is a very rich Italian trader settled in Brujas. He represents the snooty part ofthe marriage.

Jeanne Cennani: she comes too from a rich family and her marriage was a previous agreement.

Hand: he seems to bless and this could mean he is a moral authority.

Their hands: she led him to take her hand firmly, and this shows an aspect from that society.

Oranges: oranges were a really luxurious product on that time, so they mean the high social positionof the marriage.

Bed: it means the culmination of marriage: life and death. And also at the head of the bed there is acarved relief which represents a woman, a dragon an a little brush, which could be mean to SaintMartha or Saint Marguerite, both saints related to home.

Rug: It comes from Anatolia so as very rich product means high social position.

Barefoot: They are barefoot which means a fertility symbol.

Pair of clogs: There are two pair of clogs all over the floor. This means celebration of a religiousritual. And both pair of shoes means fertility.

Lamp: it has got only a lighted candle which means it was their first day as a Flemish marriage. Stomach: some authors affirm that she is pregnant but she only picks up her dress which actually

means that she desires to get pregnant. According to the history of the family, they didnt havechildrens.

Mirror: this is an original artistic resource. It was used to avoid bad luck. In this mirror we can findthe 14 stations(stops) of the Via Crucis which gives a religious sense to the image.

Rosary: this was an often gift between marriages and means the devout attitude of the woman.

Attention to details: the Flemish painting is known by its high level of detail and delicacy. Dress of

the woman is a good example.


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DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION OF THE IMAGES

The denotation of an image is the objective meaning that can be taken out of that image. Theconnotation of images are the different subjective meanings that can be taken out of that image.

2. ARTISTIC GENRES

Artistic genres are the different subjects that have been displayed throughout the history of art.

STILL LIFE

Belong to this genre are all those images that represent dead/stiff objects, generally those that we naturallyfind in kitchens, tables or old taverns. Often, those simple objects are depicted by artists under a highsensitivity, forcing us to discover a hidden beauty and revealing the variety and richness of its shapes,colours, textures and possibilities of the composition.

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PORTRAIT

This genre tries to catch physical features and the characterof the person.

Types of portraits:

-Individual: only a person is portrayed.

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-Group portrait: two o more people areportrayed.

-Sitting down portrait: when the portrayed person or issitting down.

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-Equestrian portrait: when the portrayed person is riding a horse.

-Reclining portrait: when the portrayed person is lying down on a bed or couch

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Although generallypeople tent to valuehigher a realisticportrait than a lessrealistic one, thequality of a portrait isnot on thefaithful/accuraterepresentation of thephysical features butin the psychologicalcaptivation of theperson or even in thevisual characteristicsof the image.

LANDSCAPE

The landscape genre includesimages taken from nature, townsand city sights (urban landscapes)or from the sea (sea sidelandscape).

Urban and natural environmenthave an endless basis of subjectsor images. Every artist will

represent their personality with adifferent style.

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1. VOCABULARY

Vocabulary Pronunciation Translation

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Barefoot /'beft/ adjetivo DescalzoC

Clog /klg/ sustantivo ZuecoCulmination /klm'nen/ n uncountable CulminacinD

Delicacy /'delksi/ sustantivo Delicadeza

Denotation Denotacin

Devout /d'vat/ adjetivo Devoto

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Endless /'endls / Sin final

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Faithful /'fefl/ adjetivo FiableFeature /'fi:t(r)/ sustantivoFertility /f'tlti/ n uncountable FertilidadFlemish /'flem/ adjetivo Flamenco, de FlandesG

Gesture ['dest] Gesto

Genre /':nr/ sustantivo GneroI

Issuer Emisor

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Lamp /lmp/ sustantivo LmparaLuxurious /lg'zjris/ adjetivo LujuriosoM

Meaningful ['m::::nfl] adjetivo Significativo

Meaningless ['m::::nls] adjetivo Sin sigificado

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Pick up /pkp/ Coger, recoger

Procedure [pr's::::d] Procedimiento

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Signifier Significante

Snooty ['sn::::t] Estirado

Stiff /stf/ Tieso

Symbolic [sm'blk] Simblico

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Trader ['tred] Comerciante

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