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Art Analysis: Semiotic Iconic Contextual Evaluative

This document provides an overview of different approaches to analyzing artwork from a semiotic perspective: 1) The iconic plane examines the unique meanings conveyed through signifiers like subject, gaze, facial expressions, body language, costumes, and positioning. 2) The contextual plane analyzes the cultural and historical context surrounding a work's creation and reception, including details that provide insight into what the work meant. 3) The axiological or evaluative plane studies how artwork interacts with viewers and provides a dialogic relationship, with an emphasis on analyzing the values conveyed and how they relate to reality.

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Art Analysis: Semiotic Iconic Contextual Evaluative

This document provides an overview of different approaches to analyzing artwork from a semiotic perspective: 1) The iconic plane examines the unique meanings conveyed through signifiers like subject, gaze, facial expressions, body language, costumes, and positioning. 2) The contextual plane analyzes the cultural and historical context surrounding a work's creation and reception, including details that provide insight into what the work meant. 3) The axiological or evaluative plane studies how artwork interacts with viewers and provides a dialogic relationship, with an emphasis on analyzing the values conveyed and how they relate to reality.

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ART ANALYSIS

Semiotic
Iconic

Contextual
Evaluative
ICONIC PLANE OR THE IMAGE ITSELF

- examines signifiers as unique signs with particular and


highly nuanced meanings .

- deals with questions like "What is the subject -viewer


relationship?" "What is the meaning of the gaze, facial
expression, body language, costume, accessories,
background, positioning of figures, etc .

- includes the choice of the subject which may bear social


and political implications .
Ic onic
Plane or
Image
• Signifier –Signified Relationship
The artwork was a representation
of socio -cultural.

• Style and positioning of the figure


String central focusing and poised
figured body of the girl.

• Position
The woman is firmly standing as if
she’s looking at someone from a distance.
She raised her left forearm as if she has
basket with her for the malong not come
off from her body. A big vessel is being
displayed next to the woman.
•CONTEXTUAL PLANE

• After you have mastered visual analysis, the next major approach
to art history is cultural context. This is the placement of a work
of art in its context for creation and reception. The various
details help us to understand what a work might have meant in
its original. This context might include the following:
EDSA POWER PEOPLE
MONUMENT

BY: EDUARDO CASTRILLO


THE AXIOLOGICAL OR
EVALUATIVE PLANE

- is the study of artwork based on how it interacts on


the viewer and providing dialogic relations towards
the art. Towards this perspective, values is the main
viewpoint to understand the art.
- the analysis of these values will link the artwork
towards reality where the viewer can somewhat
relate, for example social issues.
ACTIVITY: ART ANALYSIS
Instructions: Study the artwork and answer the following questions in a paragraph form:

1. Who is the artist? Where did he come from?


The artist of the painting above is named Michael Bacol. He is a mechanical engineer and became a self-taught
visual artist later on. He is from an art group called CDO Arts Guild which is based in Cagayan de Oro City. He is
one of Cagayan de Oro City rising artists as he joined several competitions and garnered achievement both local
and national, he even went to California for a six-month residency.
2. In the year 2012, what significant historical event happened that
could have contributed to the message of the painting?
Upon my research, the significant events that may have contributed to the painting are the Zamboanga Siege
and Typhoons that hit the Philippines. First, the Zamboanga Siege 2012-2014 killed and wounded hundreds of
citizens that traumatized the area. Second, several typhoons hit the Philippines during 2012 that also killed
hundreds of people and damaged their homes. Both may have contributed to the message of the painting as it
portrays that a child is left alone without his parents that should be guiding him into adulthood
3. Based on your prior knowledge what elements were used in the
painting?
The elements used in the painting are colors, texture, form, line, and value. The artist made use of different elements and combined them to create a
visually pleasing artwork that gave emphasis to the main subject of his art. The art shows unity as the colors and other elements don’t go against each
other because he properly divided “ONDOY,” by Bacol andfeel andusedgivesdifferentemphasiscolorstoofthethesubjectsame palette. . Also, the
texture of the background gives the artwork a more natural (2012)
4. How does the painting reflect our community?
Our community has a lot of children which the painting reflects that most children are happily living their life
despite what they have been through. Most communities still have areas in which lower class families gather just
to have a shelter to live on. Even though they have the least or just enough materials to live their life, they are still
living positively and working hard to provide their family’s daily needs.
5. What value(s) is/ are portrayed in the painting? How were you able to identify the values?
The values that I’ve learned from the
painting is to always be grateful for what I
have and to help our neighbors. First, to
be grateful because I'm living comfortably
in my own home and I shouldn’t waste
that opportunity, because there are people
who suffer way worse but are still striving
to live and sustain their needs. Second, to
help my neighbors because we, Filipinos,
are known to help one another, even
strangers, because we want to contribute
even the littlest thing to others so that they
would have a better life. I identified these
values through interpreting what the
painting is all about and the child’s
appearance.
Rice Planting (1951) –
Fernando Amorsolo
Spoliarium (1884) – Juan
Luna
Fruit Gatherer (1950) – Fernando
Amorsolo
The Bird Seller (1976) –
Vicente Manansala
La Laguna Estigia (1887) –
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo

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