Question 1

Which of the following most affects our understanding of Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother as an iconic image?

Accepted Answer

A)  a still life portrait 
B)  a Madonna and child painting 
C)  a photograph of a civil rights protest 
D)  a Woman's Day magazine cover 
A)  a still life portrait 
B)  a Madonna and child painting 
C)  a photograph of a civil rights protest 
D)  a Woman's Day magazine cover

Question 2

Describe Roland Barthes's concept of myth as it is used in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

Myth is the hidden set of rule

Question 3

____________ signs, as discussed by Charles Peirce, involve an "existential" relationship between the sign and the interpretant. This means they have co-existed in the same place at the same time.

Accepted Answer

A)  Iconic 
B)  Indexical 
C)  Literal 
D)  Symbolic 
A)  Iconic 
B)  Indexical 
C)  Literal 
D)  Symbolic

Question 4

Several students who attended a massive protest at Hudson University sent photos taken on their phones to the Hudson Gazette. The one the Gazette decided to publish depicted a single individual armed with a can of spray paint. This image was likely selected for its ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural complexity 
B)  punctum 
C)  visual simplicity 
D)  interpretive labor 
A)  cultural complexity 
B)  punctum 
C)  visual simplicity 
D)  interpretive labor

Question 5

Levi posts a Facebook selfie of his extended family enjoying themselves on the first day of their Hanukkah celebration. This is an important "Kodak moment" that documents the particular occasion and also affirms family ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) individuality 
B)  indexicality 
C)  mimesis 
D)  ideology 
A) individuality 
B)  indexicality 
C)  mimesis 
D)  ideology

Question 6

Explain how Rene Magritte's work The Treachery of Images plays with ideas of representation.

Accepted Answer

Answers must include the following:
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Which of the following most affects our understanding of Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother as an iconic image?

Describe Roland Barthes's concept of myth as it is used in this chapter.

____________ signs, as discussed by Charles Peirce, involve an "existential" relationship between the sign and the interpretant. This means they have co-existed in the same place at the same time.

Several students who attended a massive protest at Hudson University sent photos taken on their phones to the Hudson Gazette. The one the Gazette decided to publish depicted a single individual armed with a can of spray paint. This image was likely selected for its ____________.

Levi posts a Facebook selfie of his extended family enjoying themselves on the first day of their Hanukkah celebration. This is an important "Kodak moment" that documents the particular occasion and also affirms family ____________.

Explain how Rene Magritte's work The Treachery of Images plays with ideas of representation.

Viewers Make Meaning

Modernity: Spectatorship, the Gaze, and Power

Realism and Perspective: From Renaissance Painting to Digital Media

Visual Technologies, Reproduction, and the Copy

Media in Everyday Life

Brand Culture: the Images and Spaces of Consumption

Postmodernism: Irony, Parody, and Pastiche

Scientific Looking, Looking at Science

The Global Flow of Visual Culture

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Exam 1: Images, Power, and Politics

Which of the following most affects our understanding of Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother as an iconic image?

Describe Roland Barthes's concept of myth as it is used in this chapter.

____________ signs, as discussed by Charles Peirce, involve an "existential" relationship between the sign and the interpretant. This means they have co-existed in the same place at the same time.

Several students who attended a massive protest at Hudson University sent photos taken on their phones to the Hudson Gazette. The one the Gazette decided to publish depicted a single individual armed with a can of spray paint. This image was likely selected for its ____________.

Levi posts a Facebook selfie of his extended family enjoying themselves on the first day of their Hanukkah celebration. This is an important "Kodak moment" that documents the particular occasion and also affirms family ____________.

Explain how Rene Magritte's work The Treachery of Images plays with ideas of representation.

Viewers Make Meaning

Modernity: Spectatorship, the Gaze, and Power

Realism and Perspective: From Renaissance Painting to Digital Media

Visual Technologies, Reproduction, and the Copy

Media in Everyday Life

Brand Culture: the Images and Spaces of Consumption

Postmodernism: Irony, Parody, and Pastiche

Scientific Looking, Looking at Science

The Global Flow of Visual Culture

Filters