Teaching Visual Literacy Marguerite GlassEnglehart Gallaudet University

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Teaching Visual LiteracyMarguerite
Glass-EnglehartGallaudet University
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Teaching Visual LiteracyGallaudet University

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Forging Skills in Visual LiteracyStudying Art

• Survey in Art History
• Modern Art
• Caves to Computers
• Studies in Art History

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Teaching Method/Requirements

• Slide lectures PowerPoint Presentations
• Use of the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, and videotapes
  (captioned)
• Museum Visits
• Guest Speakers (interpreter required)
• Class Discussion/Participation
• WEB Based Discussion Forums
• Eyes-on Projects Research Papers
• Quizzes Tests

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Teaching Visual Literacy

• PERPARE
• IMPLEMENT
• EVALUATE

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PREPARING

• Anticipate Your Audience
• Understand your Resources
• Set Realistic Goals and Expectations
• Try something NEW
• Put your Plan in Writing

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IMPLEMENTING

• Spend time introducing your plan
• Get students invested in the process early
• Repeat dominant ideas and themes often
• Provide tangible feedback quickly
• Remind students of requirements

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Establishing Confidence Learn what students may
already know about art.
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Art in Popular CultureRecent SightingsYves
Saint Laurent / Georges de La Tour

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RECLINING NUDES 1509 - 1997
(top left) Giorgione, (top right) Titian, (above)
Goya, (left) film still, Titanic.
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Participation and Student Support
A Group Approach
BOTTICELLI
DALI
VAN GOGH MUNCH
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Adding Language to Vision

• FORM
• LINE
• SPACE
• LIGHT
• COLOR
• TEXTURE
• STYLISTIC TERMINOLOGY
• SUBJECT, CONTENT, ICONOGRAPHY

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Exploring Visual LanguageComparisonsMondrian
1930 Vermeer c. 1664
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Compare the artists languageMichelangelo
Bernini
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Considering ArchitectureParthenon
Notre Dame
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EVALUATING

• Solicit student AND peer feedback
• Decompress and objectify
• Put your experience back into the process

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YOU ARE A RESOURCEShow Students what You See