I am looking at an ad for McDonald's breakfast menu. I don't like this ad because McDonald's food is disgusting and unhealthy. The ad has a picture of a cup of coffee, a two burgers, a burrito, and a hash brown.
Summary
In her article "The Sticky Embrace of Beauty" Anne Frances Wysocki attempts to explain why certain images please or anger us. She discusses an image from a copy of the New York Times of a lady in nothing but thigh high boots and elbow length gloves standing straight up with her side facing you, but she is looking at you. She incorporates the four "design principles" illustrated by Robin Williams-contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity and how they make the image more attractive. Rudolf Arnheim's book The Power of the Center explains this picture as having power because vertical and because the part that stands out the most, the woman's butt, is in the center.
Synthesis
This article relates to John Berger's article "Ways of Seeing" because both of them describe why pictures are beautiful. Wysocki discusses a modern picture of a partially clothed lady and why she feels the way she feels about it while Berger discusses classic European paintings of women with little or no clothing and how they are supposed to be viewed.
Review
I found this article to be confusing and hard to get through. Wysocki wrote about many concepts that I did not fully understand.
QD
2. Wysocki set up the text to be very visual. Not only does it contain multiple diagrams and pictures but it also has headings and highlighted words. These guide the reader and make it visually attractive.
3. The Peek ad grabs my attention and makes me read the rest of the ad, but it does not make me want to buy the product because I hardly every buy things that I don't need and I usually just get books from libraries or online.
AE
2. I believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and therefore agree with Wysocki. Different people find different things to be beautiful. I think that trees and forests are beautiful while some people might like the look of cities more.
MM
This statement relates to the rest of Wysocki's article because it describes how, in order to have freedom and be beautiful, an image must have a new element to it. In other parts of her article Wysocki discusses how images must seem new and striking. This applies to other visual art because in order to be considered great artwork must be creative and unique.
Synthesis
This article relates to John Berger's article "Ways of Seeing" because both of them describe why pictures are beautiful. Wysocki discusses a modern picture of a partially clothed lady and why she feels the way she feels about it while Berger discusses classic European paintings of women with little or no clothing and how they are supposed to be viewed.
Review
I found this article to be confusing and hard to get through. Wysocki wrote about many concepts that I did not fully understand.
QD
2. Wysocki set up the text to be very visual. Not only does it contain multiple diagrams and pictures but it also has headings and highlighted words. These guide the reader and make it visually attractive.
3. The Peek ad grabs my attention and makes me read the rest of the ad, but it does not make me want to buy the product because I hardly every buy things that I don't need and I usually just get books from libraries or online.
AE
2. I believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and therefore agree with Wysocki. Different people find different things to be beautiful. I think that trees and forests are beautiful while some people might like the look of cities more.
MM
This statement relates to the rest of Wysocki's article because it describes how, in order to have freedom and be beautiful, an image must have a new element to it. In other parts of her article Wysocki discusses how images must seem new and striking. This applies to other visual art because in order to be considered great artwork must be creative and unique.
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