a guide to reading images
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A guide to reading images. Widespread use of the printing press , beginning in the early modern era, as well as new engraving techniques, allowed for the development of a popular press and the timely distribution of news , for maybe the first time in history. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A guide to reading images
Widespread use of the printing press, beginning in the
early modern era, as well as new engraving techniques,
allowed for the development of a popular press and the
timely distribution of news, for maybe the first time in
history.
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Newspapers, broadsheets, and pamphlets contained not only
words, but also images, allowing for a wide variety of literacy
(even if you couldn’t read, you could understand the pictures.)
These images were factual, satirical, fantastic, and metaphoric;
they both illustrated and extended the information presented in the
news stories.
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Images might be commissioned by a particular political party in
order to glorify themselves, or to slander another group. Images
often made reference to well-known myths, stories, or allegorical
symbols, in order to add meaning to the picture. Explanatory titles
and captions, sometimes very long, were often added.
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...images do not simply show what happened. They give the events political meaning and importance.
(from “How to Read Images,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, chnm.gmu.edu)
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Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770.
Documentary or propaganda?
• soldiers vs. colonists• where is Crispus Attacks?• after 9pm on a winter night• print for sale 3 weeks after incident• identical to another by Henry Pelham
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Siege of the Bastille, 14 July, 1789. Eyewitness painting by Claude Cholat.
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Storming of the Bastille, 1789 (Jean-Pierre Houël)
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The Bastille was almost entirely destroyed by November, 1789. These foundations were some of what remained: uncovered in 1899 during the building of the Metro.
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Execution of Louis XVI, 21 January 1793 (engraving published 1794)
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English engraving of the same subject, published 1798.
What are some of the differences you see?
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Burning of Cape Francais, 1802 (French engraving from 1815.)
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Leclerc’s veterans storm Snake Gully, 1802 (illustration adapted from an engraving by Karl Girardet.)
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Battle of Vertieres, 1803 (French engraving from 1845.)
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Statue of Vercingetorix (legendary chief of the Celts,) erected 1865 by Napoleon on the supposed site of his surrender to Julius Caesar.
The inscription reads:
La Gaule unieFormant une seule nationAnimée d'un même esprit,Peut défier l'Univers.
Gaul united,Forming a single nationAnimated by a common spirit,Can defy the Universe.
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Suffragette pennies, early 20th century (defacing coins was a serious criminal offence then--you could go to prison for it.)