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1	Representative form and the visual ideograph : the Obama "Hope" poster Terrell-Curtis, Kara Beth 29 January 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / In this study, Janis Edwards and Carol Winkler’s method, based on Michael McGee’s ideograph, is applied to non-discursive forms in order to understand the extent to which these images can be understood as a representative form functioning ideographically. Artifacts for analysis include the 2008 Shepard Fairey Obama “PROGRESS” and “HOPE” images, related campaign graphics, and parodies, political and non-political, humorous and serious. Literature on visual rhetoric, the ideograph, and extensions of McGee’s ideograph to visual forms was reviewed. When the method was applied to the artifacts, the Obama “HOPE” image was found to be an example of a representative form. Additionally, the representative form was demonstrated to function ideographically in the parodied examples analyzed in this thesis. Opportunities for further study on the visual ideograph and additional artifacts were proposed. Obama, Barack -- Posters Obama, Barack -- Portraits Political posters, American Fairey, Shepard -- Themes, motives Winkler, Carol McGee, Michael Calvin American wit and humor, Pictorial Ideology -- United States Visual communication -- United States Aesthetics -- Political aspects Graphic arts Edwards, Janis L., 1949-