Writing New Media — Day 4
We focused on how the visual structure of pictures create meaning. We looked at Molly Bang’s book, Picture This and a chapter from Kress and van Leeuwun’s Reading Images. Much of this was familiar territory from my days as an Art & Design major, but it was fascinating to hear people’s reactions and interpretations to the images we looked at in class.
Here’s one we looked at: Raphael’s The Nymph Galatea.
We couldn’t figure out, definitively, what figure in the scene is Galatea. We seemed to disagree with a art historian after reading the Wikipedia entry on the myth. What’s important is considering the use of color and contrast and the positioning (and angles) of objects on the canvas.
Good to see that Molly Bang is getting some love. Children’s literature illustrators, for the most part, do some amazing work. David Mckean is another of my favorites, as well as Leo and Diane Dillon.
Sounds like the seminar/workshop is awesome! I’d love to see the syllabus sometime.
Comment by k8 — June 16, 2006 @ 7:18 pm