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Despite its lack of a head or arms, this sculpture of the winged goddess of victory is one of the most famous sculptures in the world. As such, it is a part of most people's visual vocabularies.
Interestingly, though, Nike, being a winged woman,…

This is a photo of a painting created by artist Christina Hess titled Napolean Boneparte. There is more to it than just a silly dog painting, using a visual literacy lens. The title reflects the author’s concept of painting historically classic…

This is an artistic celestial chart produced for decoration. Since it's purpose is decorative, it's not really all too clear and therefore has no real value for actual celestial mapping. It's a busy chart, there are lines everywhere and multiple…

This is the labeling on the front of the fridge at my house. I noticed that is does not have any words, making is visually literate. One does not have to be able to read "water", "cubed", or "crushed" to make a decision about what they are needing…

This is a poster of the famous illustration, The Awakening, my roommate got from the Library of Congress. It was the centerfold of a suffrage issue of Puck Magazine in 1915. The image is a suffragette parody of Manifest Destiny. The woman in yellow…

The Xbox one controller is the latest iteration of Microsoft's attempts at controller design. The standard controller come in a matte black color, but is available in others. The two features that stand out the most visually are the A, X, Y, & B…

This is a map of the blue light system on NCSU campus. This map is supposed to show the locations of every emergency blue light phone on main campus. However, even I as an NCSU student have no idea what this map is trying to show without context;…

For this week I chose a photo of several road signs to represent visual literacy. While road signs were created to send messages to people while they are driving, the color, use of wording, and pictures upon each sign mean something different. The…

This is a picture of Renaldo Rivera’s monument to Juan de Onate, sometimes referred to as the ‘the last conquistador’, in Alcalde, New Mexico. This monument is one of a few dispersed around New Mexico and Texas, which were built around 1998 to…

The Roku remote is a device that requires visual literacy due to the fact that it is relatively different than most normal remotes. If you had not used a Roku before, it is likely you would not completely understand this remote at first glance. Aside…