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In terms of close reading images, there seems to be a lot to dissect when it comes to the photographs of London by John Thomson. Thomson, in his collection Street Life in London, presents images of the jobs and life seen within the streets of […]
Two art works that stood out to me in the Gustave Dore’s illustrations. The first one is “A Ball at the Mansion House”.Gustave Dore put a lot of effort with the little details in this print. The women’s dresses and the small details of layers […]
B3: “Close Reading” of Poverty in Gustave Dore’s Art For a bit of practice doing “close readings” on images, I decided to analyze a photo from Gustave Dore’s London: A Pilgrimage collection for this blog post. The image I selected is titled ‘A City Thoroughfare.’ […]