Iconography being - the study of symbols depicted in a work of art or design
- identification and description of the content of images
- traditionally these symbols derive from a readily recognisable, common currency of cultural experience.
Iconology being - the study of meaning contained within these symbols; the intent of the content of the images.
- branch of art history that addresses descriptions, analysis and interpretations of images.
- looks at more than the face value of the symbol, taking in to account it's context, both historically and culturally, as well as in relation to the artist or designer's broader oeuvre.
We also looked at metaphors, including visual metaphors, - a type of analogy where meaning is derived through association, comparison in resemblance. Equates two things in order to make and impact.
The seminar task was to re-organise primer illustrations to make different narratives, we could use the wording provided or add any additional words we felt necessary to complete the short story-line. We watched a short animation which had done just this to create quite a dark narrative using the simplistic primer illustrations.
Here are the short stories I created using the above illustrations:
It was quite hard to make narratives that were logical using only the illustrations and I had to add in words and join together illustrations to make new words, for example joining 'ink' and 'jar' to make ink-jar, and 'tree' and 'swing' to make tree-swing. It was interesting to look at iconography, and how meaning is applied to symbols through the identification and description of the content of the images, and how the task showed that multiple interpretations can be made from looking at the same symbols to create different narratives.
