METHOD/Décrire une image

par · 18 janvier 2023

Tips to give a good efficient description of a visual document

  1. Present the document
    • Nature of the document:
      • a painting,
      • a photo(graph/graphy),
      • an illustration
      • an advertisement (ad)
      • a cartoon
      • etc.
    • The title
    • The Date
    • The author (+ information about the author if he/ she is well-known)
    • The main subject
  2. Describe the document.
    1. General information: what can you see? What is represented → from the most obvious to the most subtle
    2. Detailed description
      🔎Les prépositions:
      • At the top / at the bottom
      • In the middle
      • On the right (-hand side) / on the left (-hand side)
      • In the (top/bottom right/left-hand) corner
      • In the background / In the foreground
  3. Analyse the document:
    • What does the author want to show ?
    • What atmosphere is conveyed by the document
    • What tone does the author use? (Ironical / humourous / serious / critical…)
  4. Conclude
    • What does the document tell us about the subject?
    • What do we learn about our subject ?

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