METHOD/Décrire une image

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 ?