This image is a visual representation of the economy. Colors of red, orange, yellow and white cover the background to create a sunrise coming from the right corner. In front of the sunrise is the silhouette of three men in suits and ties and two women in skirts and blazers to reflect business-like attire. These five individuals are all pulling up the symbol of American dollars, an “s” with a line through the top and bottom of it. The American dollar sign is hanging over a cliff while the five people are pulling a rope, making it seem like they are playing tug-a-war.

Responses or feelings

1.    Hope

2.    Struggle

3.    Heavy

4.    Business people

5.    Men out-weigh women in business

Symbols

1.    Dollar sign= money

2.    Men and women= citizens

3.    Sunrise= hope/ new beginning

Underlying compositional structure

This image contributes to creating the feeling of hope because the sunrise in the background denotes a new beginning or hope. The dollar sign being larger than the men and women denote that it is heavy and hard to handle. The men and women silhouettes give the thought that it takes all men and women to work together to create a better economy.

Wk 3 Interactions Between the 3

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Representational: This is a representation to show “visual information” of when fruits are in season throughout the year. This graph gives an interpretation or representation of information to the viewer to better understand and to be used for reference when it is the best time to buy and eat certain fruits. This representation abstracts into symbols used for expressive and communicative purposes.

Abstract:  This is an abstract graph reduced to use the “basic elements” of pie charts in the form of its shape. For the viewer it gives the outline of the circular cycle that the year forms.  This abstraction is more towards symbolism than “pure abstraction” because it has meaning and still bears “representational information”.

 Symbolic: The symbols in this graph are the written language and words used to describe the months and fruits being synthesized also the graphic in the center which is a logo of the company that produced this image. For the viewer, the symbol is the “transmission of information” that helps explain the graph.  The symbols are “information-packed” to give communicative purpose to the representation.

Meaning

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This hairstyle is representational because it gives the viewer a visual appearance of a flower. The level of categorizing would be considered a generic flower.  Though there is a level of detail, this representation is not detailed enough to be a specific type of flower. The design captures expressive style and functional purpose. Expressively, this hairstyle gives a whimsical and nature-centered feeling. For functional purposes, this hairstyle is a convenient way to get hair up and out of the way.

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This necklace is an abstraction derived from royal accessories of ancient empires. It is an abstraction because the designer was able to reduce concepts of the representation with basic shapes, colors and tones. This abstraction also derives from the same function as the royal accessories. As royal accessories were jewelry the designer was able to keep that same function with creating this necklace. Stripped down, these less expensive materials of wood and acrylic also make it an abstraction of the representational accessories.  It communicates to the viewer a sense of bold simplicity with its simple geometric shapes and bright colors.

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The use of the two “c” is symbolic because it signifies language characters.  This trademark symbol denotes a product line. The product line is Coco Chanel.  With its luxurious handbags, Chanel’s symbol is famous. Though famous this logo is culture-dependent. Luxury comes with a price and not all cultures would be able to understand the reasoning for the logo.