This activity is intended as an introduction to close-reading using visual media. In this lesson, students will review and then closely "read" the painting, "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt in order to understand the process of close-reading and its impact on our understanding of texts. Once students have learned how to conduct close-reading of a visual text, they reflect on how they might transfer this skill to the written word.
This activity also includes optional extension activities that incorporate poetry into the lesson.
title "Close Reading of Visual Art with "The Kiss""
2024
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Yarbough, Andrea. "Close Reading of Visual Art with "The Kiss"". OER Commons. Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, 28 Dec. 2019. Web. 07 Nov. 2024. <https://goopenva.org/authoring/232-close-reading-of-visual-art-with-the-kiss>.
Yarbough, A. (2019, December 28). Close Reading of Visual Art with "The Kiss". OER Commons. Retrieved November 07, 2024, from https://goopenva.org/authoring/232-close-reading-of-visual-art-with-the-kiss.