A Cross-Curricular Framework for Visual Analysis

(Art does RE – Boom!)

Visual Analysis in RE(Using the Visual Arts Framework of Analysis)

• There are 2 x ‘Formulas’ that Art Students apply to an image when attempting to analyse it.

•1. The Conceptual Framework•2. The Frames

Visual Analysis in RE(Using the Visual Arts Framework of Analysis)

1. The Conceptual FrameworkIs a network of relationships that exist between the key players in the Artworld

Visual Analysis in RE(Using the Visual Arts Framework of Analysis)

2. The Frames

1. SUBJECTIVE2. STRUCTURAL3. CULTURAL 4. POSTMODERN

Like Debono’s hats, the Frames act as a filter through which to judge an image.

Here’s the image …..

Let’s analyse it the ‘Art Way’

Conceptual Framework

It’s all about Relationships!

Frames:

- SubjectiveLike DeBono’s hats we look through a filter

• Emotion• Personal Experience• Intuition• Dreams• Imagination

Frames:

- Structural

• Symbols• Composition• Materials• Techniques• Formal Elements

Frames:

- Cultural• Time & Place

• Identity• Personal• National • Gender • Racial

• Culture• Social• Religious• Political• Economic• Philisophical etc

Frames:

- Postmodern• Parody• Irony• Ambiguity• Paradox• Appropriation• Questioning Convention• Use of Non-traditional materials or techniques

Finally, students would pull their notes together in a formal response:

The image Jesus on Thyface, Date, by Artist Challenges many conventional interpretations of Christ.Synthesize: • Conceptual

Framework notes• Relevant Frames

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