ENG 101 Forum 1 Visual Literacy Exercise

Visual literacy involves an active construction of the mind (guided by past visual experiences) rather than a transmission of an objective reality. In other words, whenever we look at something, we interpret and construct it Look at each of the 12 visual images1 below and briefly (in a sentence or two) describe what you see. Post your responses on the class forum Then select one image below and discuss it in more detail, following the other prompts on the class forum.

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angelsdevils.jpg (62207 bytes)

Image 1: What do you see?

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cafewall.gif (6615 bytes)

Image 2: Which (if any) are parallel lines?

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kanizsa.gif (5750 bytes)

Image 3: What do you see?

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old_woman.gif (31046 bytes)

Image 4: What do you see?

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ouchi.gif (8322 bytes)
 

Image 5: What do you see?

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pipe.gif (2283 bytes)

Image 6: What do you see?

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rubinvase.gif (1792 bytes)

Image 7: What do you see?

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squaress.gif (21870 bytes)

Image 8: Do you see any straight lines?

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phantom.gif (4669 bytes)

Image 9: Stare at this picture for a minute or so? Do you see phanton spots? If so, where?
 
 

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trident.jpg (9026 bytes)

Image 10: Describe what you see.

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twocubes.gif (2292 bytes)

Image 11: Which is the front part of the box?
 

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wff.jpg (53862 bytes)

Image 12: What do you see?
 

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For some information on these images, click here. (Don't peek until you have responded to each image.)

1These images have been taken from the website Psychological ARTS.