Your Turn!
Adam Wilton
After reviewing the series of image description iterations on the previous page, how would you interpret the visual features of the abstract art piece below to provide a rich, meaningful description of the content?
Throughout this exhibit, context has been emphasized as an critical factor in determining the role that the image description will play in the student’s engagement with the learning content. For example, note the textbox below, meant to simulate the textual context of the same abstract piece as if it appeared in a textbook.
As you author another description for this image, be sure to note any changes to your interpretive decision-making compared with the one you followed for the de-contextualized image above. Are these descriptions different? If yes, what accounts for these differences?
Featured Work of Bernd Luz
This piece of abstract art, painted with acrylics on canvas, features vibrant yet isolated orange and bronze brushstrokes on a backdrop made up of sea of subtle blue and white brushstrokes.
Thank you for your participation in this exhibit on image description practices in K-12 arts-focused learning materials. For more information, please see the References section at the end of this exhibit.
K-12 refers to the primary and secondary education systems represented by grade levels starting in kindergarten and concluding in grade 12, or twelfth grade.