Assignment-5 pt.1

  For Monday of this week in class, we need to do some research into the terms Icon/Index/Symbol/Trace


Icon: From what I am seeing, it refers to a direct depiction. Say you have a sign with an image of a phone on it, that would be literally representing the phone that is presumably nearby.


Index: A thing that points to some part of its method of creation eg: smoke points to a fire, a shadow points to there being something blocking a section of light, a footprint points to there being a shoe or foot.

 

Symbol: As far as I can tell, the way that a symbol is different from an icon is that a symbol represents something more than the literal depiction of what it is. Eg: a skull represents death, an apple could represent temptation, billionaires represent a profound illness in our economy/society.

 

Trace: The definitions I found referred to copying an image from one superimposed sheet paper, projection or the like, to a different sheet or canvas etc. Extrapolating a bit, I am guessing the transfer of textures via the technique of rubbing would also be counted, as you are copying an image very directly





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