Image Analysis and Interpretation (261199)
Learning Outcomes
- Know the role of the image in the various historical periods and its importance for human history;- Study the concept of image in its various perspectives;
- Relate the theoretical, practical and technological transformations in the image field
- Identify and critically evaluate the current challenges facing the image (fake news);
- Foster critical abilities in the analysis of the role of the image in contemporary society.
Study Program
1. - The Image - General Concepts1.1. - The Concept of Image: Idea and Object;
1.2. - Starting from the look - the first contact with the image;
1.3. - The desire to figure or immortalization through the image;
2. - The Image - main historical milestones
2.1. - The historical context of the image;
2.2. - The main landmarks of the history of the image: from the caves of Chauvet to the ground of Mars (36.000 years of image history);
3. - The Image in cinema, television and video: technical considerations;
3.1. - The cinema as the basis of audiovisual language;
3.2. - Elements of composition of an image;
3.3. - The devices for registration and processing of images and how technological advances have influenced the image itself;
3.4. - The artistic and technical relationship with the project to be made: from the initial idea to the final product.
4. - The Image: theoretical perspectives
4.1. - The image and the Semiotic Theory;
4.1.1. - the initial perspectives of Peirce and Saussure;
4.1.2. - the development with Roland Barthes;
4.1.3. - the image between emotion and reason by Antonio Damásio;
4.2. - Analysis of the image in Martine Joly;
4.3. - The image and John Berger's "Ways of Seeing";
5. - The image and journalism
5.1. - The concept of image in the context of Audiovisual Media;
5.2. - Analysis of the role of the Image in contemporary audiovisual. Its framework in different media, means and contexts of reception;
5.3. - Semiotics of the media (in cinema, television, newspapers, magazines and advertising);
5.4. - Media images and images that induce Emotions;
5.5. - The aesthetic and ethical challenges of image. From production to editing, a critical discussion about the manipulation of the image in art and media;
6. - The Image and the Art
6.1. - The aesthetic concepts of the image in the history of art and culture;
6.2. - Visual aesthetics of an image in film and photography;
6.3. - The ontological dimension of the image; as a form of thought and as an aesthetic resource in audiovisual communication and in art;
6.4. - How images connect us to the world and construct the collective image
Bibliography
MAIN REFERENCES:BERGER, John. (2018). Modos de Ver (1.ª ed.). Lisboa: Antígona.
JOLY, Martine (1994). Introdução à Análise da Imagem. (1.ª ed.). Lisboa: Edições 70.