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Study Task 4- Images and Theory

Representation

1. the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.

2. the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.

o    the depiction of someone or something in a work of art.

o    a picture, model, or other depiction of someone or something.

o     (in some theories of perception) a mental state or concept regarded as corresponding to a thing perceived.

3.formal statements made to an authority, especially so as to communicate an opinion or register a protest.

o    a statement or allegation.

How does it relate to visual? See above (number 2):

Representation of Zeus as a realistic person/god (left), a caricature of Zeus aimed at a specific target audience (right).

Picture Theory: ESSAYS ON VERBAL AND VISUAL REPRESENTATION - W. J. T. Mitchell

What precisely, W. J. T. Mitchell asks, are pictures (and theories of pictures) doing now, in the late twentieth century, when the power of the visual is said to be greater than ever before, and the "pictorial turn" supplants the "linguistic turn" in the study of culture? This book by one of America's leading theorists of visual representation offers a rich account of the interplay between the visible and the readable across culture, from literature to visual art to the mass media.

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Intertextuality

The relationship between texts, especially literary ones.

How does it relate to visual?

Referencing other works within a text or visual media:

i.e. a parody or associationA parody of the Mona Lisa by visually referencing Squidward, a children’s cartoon character.

Theory: Inevitability of arts from inter-textuality by Mohammad Khosravi Shakib

Pressures of Society

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/children-are-reading-less-8113993.html

The children of today are under a lot more pressure socially, in terms of fitting in, as a result of the the rise of technology. So many children desire materialistic things due to being in an environment where nearly everyone is obsessed with having the latest gadgets. It is now a social norm to use some form of technology on a day to day basis and in most cases, for the majority of the day. This obsession with mobile phones, laptops, tv and video games has resulted in less children reading. The article referenced here states that in a survey carried out, they not only found that children's were reading less but also that children prefer watching tv than reading. It also mentions the fact that a fifth of the 21,000 children that took part in the survey said that 'they would be embarrassed if a friend saw them with a book.'