Bank of Questions
Questions on GAZE
To read about framing as a category of visual analysis visit the Learning Objective module on Framing and Gaze.
- How might gaze influence or depend upon what a viewer “sees” or “does not see” (literally or metaphorically) within a given image. Provide a concrete example using a selected image or images.
- How many different types of gaze can you identify in selected visual images? Consult (link to this page above) to review the conceptual framework for gaze.
- Using the image provided, discuss how the notion of gaze intersects with other principles of visual analysis such as form, content, and context. How might different viewer narratives and interpretations of a visual image intersect with the notion of gaze?
- In considering the image provided, identify how elements of your identity as a viewer would shape your gaze? The gaze you experienced in return as a viewer? Some elements to consider would include your age, race, class, academic interests and training, ethnic or national background, cultural, religious, or geographic contexts of lived experience etc.
- After completing question four, give an example of viewer interaction and gaze that would be different from your own. What elements of viewer identity would change?
- List one aspect of the image that you “see” differently as a result of using gaze as an element of analysis. Compare your response to that of a classmate.
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