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Title: Using an artwork as a related text?
Post by: datmysterymark on July 27, 2017, 08:02:54 am

Hey, I was wondering if it is okay to use an artwork as in would it be a disadvantage? I was thinking of using an artwork for Module C: Representation and Landscapes.

Also, does anyone have any exemplar or samples of essays that have used artworks as a related text?

Title: Re: Using an artwork as a related text?
Post by: elysepopplewell on July 27, 2017, 12:57:42 pm

Quote from: datmysterymark on July 27, 2017, 08:02:54 am

Hey, I was wondering if it is okay to use an artwork as in would it be a disadvantage? I was thinking of using an artwork for Module C: Representation and Landscapes.

Also, does anyone have any exemplar or samples of essays that have used artworks as a related text?

I don't think it would be a disadvantage at all, provided that you're not doing it just for the sake of it and instead you are genuinely ready to analyse a visual text. It's not particularly harder than a written text or anything like that, it's just about twisting your analysis to make it suit, like you would with any text :)

I can't seem to find any essays that use images as related texts, but maybe someone else will come along and share some advice :)

Title: Re: Using an artwork as a related text?
Post by: ilovemycat on August 28, 2017, 06:01:15 pm

absoluetly, this sounds like a great idea. i did harmony in red for an assignment in year 11 and i got great marks for it. it just comes down to using good visual techniques and also rememebr to relate it to the artist's context.