Designed to teach students foundational skills in 'reading' visual texts, this assessment sees students choose a photograph, artwork, or other form of visual media on which they conduct a short visual analysis . Students are expected to draw on discipline specific theoretical frameworks and technical knowledge when completing their analysing, however they may also be expected to incorporate reflexive or speculative responses to the visual stimuli. Students can choose an image or artwork that they personally respond to (within the parameters set by staff) to produce an analysis that addresses (1) style and formal characteristics (2) content and subject matter (3) the work's historical significance and relevance. Students may also be required to conduct background research on the artist or producer of the image. In ARTT2127 students must choose an art work from a current collection at Queensland Art Gallery, whereas students in MSTU2140 are given access to the UQ Fryer Library archives and must choose a photograph that relates to an aspect on Queensland history. This assessment is particularly well suited to disciplines that focus on visual forms (Art History, Film and Television, Photography). However, this assessment has wide transferability across HaSS disciplines as modes of visual communication become ubi analysis . Students are expected to draw on discipline specific theoretical frameworks and technical knowledge when completing their analysing, however they may also be expected to incorporate reflexive or speculative responses to the visual stimuli. Students can choose an image or artwork that they personally respond to (within the parameters set by staff) to produce an analysis that addresses (1) style and formal characteristics (2) content and subject matter (3) the work's historical significance and relevance. Students may also be required to conduct background research on the artist or producer of the image. In ARTT2127 students must choose an art work from a current collection at Queensland Art Gallery, whereas students in MSTU2140 are given access to the UQ Fryer Library archives and must choose a photograph that relates to an aspect on Queensland history. This assessment is particularly well suited to disciplines that focus on visual forms (Art History, Film and Television, Photography). However, this assessment has wide transferability across HaSS disciplines as modes of visual communication become ubiquitous.
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