Deck 7: Writing Images, Writing Looking

Question 1

According to Jean-Luc Nancy, images and text are in a "distinct oscillation," because they are "strangers to eachother."

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Images that are used to remind readers of images they may not be able to recall with sufficient detail would be considered _______________.

A) photostats
B) examples
C) mnemonics
D) illusions

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which author wrote Rings of Saturn?

A) T.S. Elliott
B) Anne Carson
C) Cesare Ripa
D) W.G. Sebald

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Ekphrasis was originally meant as a form of speech that brought something to the reader's mind's eye.

Question 5

Le Deluge, la Peste: Paolo Uccello was written by which art critic?

A) Clement Greenberg
B) Lucy Lippard
C) Jean Louis Schefer
D) Dave Hickey

Question 6

Which was an invented town found in Proust's novel?

A) Illiers
B) Combray
C) Delft
D) Bintock

Question 7

Tan Lin is interested in how we may "read" an image, and also _________ a text.

A) imagine
B) scan
C) edit
D) listen

Question 8

Voluntary memory is often linked to ________________.

A) involuntary reactions
B) incomplete experiences
C) déjà vu
D) visual memory

Question 9

Which of the following is one of the meanings of ekphrasis as it was understood in the 20^th century?

A) ekphrasis as the poetic description of artworks
B) ekphrasis as the narrative description of artworks
C) ekphrasis as the impressionistic description of artworks
D) both a and b
E) both b and c

Question 10

Paul Celan's poem Below a Painting presumably refers to Van Gogh's Cornfield with Crows.

Question 11

According to Jean-Luc Nancy, images and text are in _______, because they are strangers to each other.

Question 12

In the European tradition, the relation between writing and images has been exemplified by the Roman poet Horace's phrase _______.

Question 13

The appearance of novels written together with images, rather than being illustrated after they were finished, occurred in the _______ century.

Question 14

The critic Terry Pitts has assembled a bibliography of nearly 1,000 _______titles.

Question 15

_______ are often defined as "wordless novels."

Question 16

The three major uses of images employed by art history and visual studies are: images as _______ ; _______; and _______

Question 17

It is possible for images to as act as _______ alongside positions and arguments adopted in the surrounding text.

Question 18

All _______ ekphrases are not literal descriptions of art objects, but rhetorical strategies.

Question 19

Literary critic Leo Spitzer proposed the idea of ekphrasis as the _______ of artworks.

Question 20

Art historian Svetlana Alpers proposed the idea of ekphrasis as the _______ of artworks.

Question 21

The understanding of ekphrasis as any description of an artwork or visual experience, regardless of its effect on the reader is called _______.

Question 22

_______ is the first stage n W.J.T. Mitchell's deconstructive reading of ekphrasis.

Question 23

In the process of _______, the visual material acts as a catalyst for personal, political, and philosophical reflection.

Question 24

Marcel Proust's novel _______ is often cited as a superior model for the description of artworks in prose.

Question 25

The narrator in Proust's unfinished novel describes the theory of "voluntary memory, the memory of _______."

Question 26

Briefly describe what is meant by writing with images.

Question 27

Briefly describe what is meant by writing through images.

Question 28

Give an example for each of the following: image as mnemonic, image as illustration, image as example

Question 29

How can images act as interruptions within a text?

Question 30

Give a definition of ekphrasis as it was understood during Antiquity.

Question 31

In what way does linear ekphrasis differ from the original understanding of ekphrasis?

Question 32

How is Homer's ekphrasis on the shield of Achilles an example of dynamic ekphrasis?

Question 33

Could Paul Celan's poem Below a Painting be considered an adequate description of the painting by Van Gogh? Why or why not?

Question 34

In what ways is art history deeply involved in the linear reading of ekphrasis?

Question 35

Discuss the differences between using images as mnemonics, examples, and illustrations. Where are we most likely to find each of these employed in writing?

Question 36

How are images sometimes used as theories? How does this relate to the way images are used in the arts and humanities?

Question 37

Elkins states that "Artworks often seem thoughtful, or appear to contain arguments or propositions." Select a work of art, then explain how Elkins idea can be seen in the work.

Question 38

Describe the stages of W.J.T. Mitchell's argument in favor of the deconstructive reading of ekphrasis. Elaborate on the idea of ekphrastic fear.

Question 39

When discussing Marcel Proust's novel, what did Elkins mean when he states that "What matters about the visual world is what can be dissolved into narrative?"