- Gives accuratee identification of personification and attributes
- Brings together knowledges derived from other fields of inquiry -
social history, religion, philosophy and politics
- Movement from the surface appearances to depth understanding
- Focuses on work�s content rather than its form
- Need to know the context of a works�s production in order to understand
it.
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- To make correct judgements requires thorough examination, other wise
there is a danger of misinterpretation. Check the validity of the image,
whether the artist or someone else changed it.
- Without the context it is going to be difficult to identify the iconography
of the work.
- Presupposes background knowledge and research
- Requires certain education level, which means it is discriminatory
to lower social class people.
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