Bank of Questions
Questions on FRAME
(To read about framing as a category of visual analysis visit the Learning Objective module on Framing and Gaze.)
- What is the connection between the medium used to produce the visual object and the question of framing? Physically framed? Interpretatively framed? How does medium influence how the visual object is viewed and where it is (able to be) placed?
- Does the setting in which an object is displayed change the potential viewers? How?
- In what way does the framing of a visual object influence the viewer’s thinking about the age of the object? It’s value?
- In what way does the framing of a visual object influence the viewer’s thinking about the identity of the producer of the object? Be specific and give as many aspects of identity as seem relevant.
- Does the framing (physical or interpretative) of the object in question help you to think about what may have prompted the artist to create the visual objects in question?
- Using the framing of the object as a starting point, compose a brief narrative (3-5 sentences) for the object. Explain what you understand from examining each image, particularly what you imagine the artist intended to convey by constructing the object.
- Try to imagine multiple and distinctive physical framings/settings for a given object.
- List one aspect of the image or object that you “see” differently as a result of using frame as an element of analysis. Compare your response to that of a classmate.
- After considering the significance of framing to this image or object, indicate at least one question you have about the object that you would like to explore further.
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