Essays on Meaning And Interpretation

Analysis of an Artwork

For the right and correct message to be passed on to the audience in a context, it requires an in depth analysis to help one comprehend and understand the message. Message are displayed and conveyed in different forms that include both verbal and non-verbal ways and this applies so in equal measure to artistic works and features. Art work conveys messages in various forms that include the various elements such as color, texture, design and shape of the art product among other features that have to be analyzed ad interpreted wholly to get the different meanings and messages being presented ...

Analysis of an Artwork

Pop Art is probably one of the most intriguing and interesting elements in today’s age. Several artists initiated this genre in the late 1950’s and the 1960’s but none was more prominent than Andy Warhol. Although there have been several critics who have criticized his work as being without any form or sense of direction, posterity has shown otherwise. Works of art such as ‘Telephone’, ‘Marilyn Monroe’ and other pieces have fetched tens of millions of dollars as wealthy collectors have paid huge sums of money to acquire these iconic works. ‘Telephone’ is one such work, ...

Introduction

Advertisements and media information is developed to communicate certain information and appeal to potential customers, and existing customer. However, the meanings of such advertisements and media differ across individuals depending on how people read the signs and the background of such advertisements. Therefore, advertisements signs can be said to be polysemic, which means that such signs have different interpretations. The analysis of an advertisement can be done through textual analysis or through semiotics. Textual analysis can be defined as the making of an educated guess and making different varying interpretations on a certain text on an advertisement. On the other ...