Wysocki

Before you read:

I have contrary feelings about this ad because the food in the ad looks appetizing, but the girl in the ad makes me upset because she is being too sexual and should not be for this food ad.




Summary:
In her article "The Sticky Embrace of Beauty” Anne Wysocki argues the approach many of use to for teaching visual aspects of text. She talks about how these teachings are not helping when teaching students visuals. She goes on by explaining how some visuals are more looked at than others and also shows us how visual aspects of text are taught. She also talks about how women in today's society are seen in a sexual way.

Sythesis:
Wysocki's article can relate to McCloud's article because they both talk about visuals and masks. Women are not seen for who they are because of the masks they portray from society. Wysocki's article can also relate to Berger's article. They both relate to how women are portrayed and viewed as sexual objects. Another article that can be related to Wysocki's is Bernhardt's because they both relate to how text looks.

AE:
1. Artwork is up for interpretation because it can be looked at differently by different people. Each person who looks at art will interpret it differently than another person and get a different meaning out of it.

Thoughts:
I thought this reading was very long and boring to read. It was also hard to understand because it kept on repeating the same points over. 


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Response	Quote
I picked this quote because as I was reading it I thought that it was very true. When I looked at the picture I was drawn to that part because of the lighting and it stood out the most to me.	“It is because of contrast: this is the lightest thing in this design and the only large round shape.”
I found this quote to be offensive because woman should not be seen only as a shape.	“We are not encouraged to ask about the woman in the ad as a woman, only as a shape.”
I liked this quote because it shows how we can build the image of beauty in a good way.	“If we see beauty as a quality we build, rather than one we expect to discover, then we can potentially see beauty- and other aesthetic qualities like coherence or unity or balance- as shared values we can both celebrate and question.”
I liked this quote because I also felt anger when looking at this ad like her.	“And the anger that I feel, the anger I have been trying to understand since first seeing the layout, is inseparable from the pleasures I have been describing”
I liked this quote because I think it’s true and if you find something beautiful it is probably because you have found interest in it and found beauty.	“When we judge something to be beautiful, it is because beauty is formally inherent in the object”