Examines the use of metonymy, synecdoche, and symbols in representative painting prior to ‘Modern Art’ in the twentieth century.
Category Archive: Language
A glimpse into the social history of the condom.
We are only human, and each of us screws up on occasion. Large multinational corporates also screw up, […]
Visual metaphor is common in advertising. Such images succeed in bringing together two apparently unrelated subjects, using the one to position the product favourably in the mind of the beholder.
Is next (Chinese New) year the Year of the Sheep or Goat?
English – and possibly other languages – get quite weird when it comes to place names. Each seems to become an idiom on its own.
Just as we are practised and skilled at reading beyond the literality of words, we need tools to see beyond pictures. This is the start of a journey to acquire those tools, and achieve visual literacy.
This blog is almost a month old now, and it would help me to cater better for your […]
The Internet is replete with information and opinions, many of them plain wrong. This is most true of […]
If you research art history, you know how hard it can be to track down an image of […]
The Eclectic Light Company 