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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…

Internet memes come in many different formats and can therefore express many different meanings. A meme by itself, however, can only make so many expressions. But when memes are crossed over and combined, suddenly more opportunities are revealed. …

This is an interesting and creative social issue advertisement on a paper towel dispenser. The image is implying that the excessive use of paper towels are draining the earth of its resources. On top of that, the paper towels in this image is also…

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 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 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;…

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 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…

This is a picture of a parking sign in Downtown Raleigh. The reason I chose to use this photo is because it contains many directions in very few words. It is not in the picture but above the sign there is another sign describing how long the parking…

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…