ways of seeing
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Ways of Seeing. Narrative medicine. Today’s session. Focus on observation & description How do we describe images? How do images tell stories? Task: Write a description of an image (10 mins ) Think about how images are constructed. (25 mins ) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ways of SeeingNarrative medicine
Today’s session Focus on observation & description How do we describe images? How do images tell stories?
Task: 1. Write a description of an image (10 mins)2. Think about how images are constructed. (25
mins)3. Rewrite the description of the image (15 mins)
Write a description of this image
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Systematic observation1. frame (the location of the image)2. form (the genre and its meanings; the
metaphors and allusions used)3. content (what is in the image, and their
associations for the viewer)4. composition (the relationship between the
objects/people in the image)5. desire (the viewer’s response)
Frame: The location of the image
Where does this take place? Time? Location?
Form: Genre, metaphor, allusions?
Form: genre What is the difference between a
photograph and a painting? Does the painting attempt to
give a faithful image of an event (realist)? show how the viewer perceives the scene
(impressionist)? portray an essential or hidden reality
(abstract)? manipulate your emotions (expressionist)?
Metaphor or allusion?
Content: what is in the image?
Content: what story does the painting tell??
David and Marjorie Landsborough
Kim Yao Chiu The Christian
hospital in Chunghua, 1928
Artist: Shi Qiao Li, commissioned by Dr Tsungming Tu
Composition: relationshipsCentre/Margins
Left/Right
Top/Bottom
Gaze and Gesture
Composition: relationshipsCentre/Margins
Left/Right
Top/Bottom
Gaze and Gesture
Desire: how do you feel about this picture?
Write about the painting again
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NYU Literature, Arts & Medicine
http://litmed.med.nyu.edu