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Foundation Visual Culture

49 lessons across 10 topics

1. Topic 1(COLON) What Is Visual Culture

1Lesson 1.1: Defining Visual Culture2Lesson 1.2: Ways Of Seeing And The Constructed Image3Lesson 1.3: High Art, Popular Culture And The Everyday4Lesson 1.4: Studying Visually And Critically

2. Topic 2(COLON) Reading the Image(COLON) Visual Analysis

5Lesson 2.1: Description, Analysis, Interpretation, Judgement6Lesson 2.2: Form And Composition7Lesson 2.3: Content, Subject And Context8Lesson 2.4: Comparative Analysis9Lesson 2.5: Writing A Visual Analysis

3. Topic 3(COLON) Semiotics and the Making of Meaning

10Lesson 3.1: Signs, Signifiers And The Signified11Lesson 3.2: Denotation And Connotation12Lesson 3.3: Codes, Conventions And Myth13Lesson 3.4: Semiotics Of Advertising And Design14Lesson 3.5: The Limits Of The Reading

4. Topic 4(COLON) Movements in Art History

15Lesson 4.1: From The Renaissance To Realism16Lesson 4.2: Impressionism And The Modern Break17Lesson 4.3: The Avant-garde And Abstraction18Lesson 4.4: Postwar And Contemporary Art19Lesson 4.5: Reading Art History Critically

5. Topic 5(COLON) Movements in Design and Visual Communication

20Lesson 5.1: Industry, Craft And The Origins Of Design21Lesson 5.2: Modernism And The Bauhaus22Lesson 5.3: Postmodern And Contemporary Design23Lesson 5.4: Typography And The Designed Word24Lesson 5.5: Visual Communication And Information

6. Topic 6(COLON) Photography, Film and the Moving Image

25Lesson 6.1: Photography And The Truth Claim26Lesson 6.2: Documentary, Art And The Staged Image27Lesson 6.3: The Language Of Film28Lesson 6.4: The Moving Image Beyond Cinema29Lesson 6.5: Image, Memory And Emotion

7. Topic 7(COLON) Visual Culture, Media and Everyday Life

30Lesson 7.1: The Saturated Visual Environment31Lesson 7.2: Advertising, Branding And Consumer Culture32Lesson 7.3: Screens, Interfaces And Social Media33Lesson 7.4: Spectacle, Surveillance And The Image34Lesson 7.5: Designed Objects And Material Culture

8. Topic 8(COLON) Identity, Power and Representation

35Lesson 8.1: Representation And Identity36Lesson 8.2: The Gaze And The Body37Lesson 8.3: Difference, Culture And The Other38Lesson 8.4: Power, Ideology And The Image39Lesson 8.5: Resistance And Counter-images

9. Topic 9(COLON) Critical and Contextual Writing

40Lesson 9.1: From Looking To Argument41Lesson 9.2: Structuring The Critical Essay42Lesson 9.3: Using Evidence, Theory And Sources43Lesson 9.4: Referencing And Academic Integrity44Lesson 9.5: Academic Register And Editing

10. Topic 10(COLON) Independent Contextual Study

45Lesson 10.1: Choosing A Question And Focus46Lesson 10.2: Researching Independently47Lesson 10.3: Building And Drafting The Argument48Lesson 10.4: Completing And Referencing The Study49Lesson 10.5: Presenting And Progressing