Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the steps of a Panofskyan reading in order.
- Interpret what the choice reveals about its moment
- Identify the images, stories and allegories represented
- Describe the forms, objects and expressions present
- Check the description against what was stylistically possible
- Check the identification against the established types
Hints
- Description precedes identification.
- Each corrective follows the level it checks.
Show the answer
- Describe the forms, objects and expressions present
- Check the description against what was stylistically possible
- Identify the images, stories and allegories represented
- Check the identification against the established types
- Interpret what the choice reveals about its moment
Why
Interleaving the correctives is what makes the sequence a method rather than a list. Each check is applied before moving up, so an identification that could not have existed at that date is caught before anything is built on it.
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