Art Histort

Requirements:

• Choose 3 pages of magazine ads torn out (they cannot be found online, this 

is about the experience of flipping through current magazines and 

seeing how many questionable images exist).

• 1 typed page and half  on top of the magazine pages with one paragraph 120 words each paragraph explaining each image you find (so at least 3 paragraphs of

explanation on the page), and how they fit the advertisement types 

listed below.

Write numbers Ads Top each paragraph.

Advertisement types:

Remember, you only need to find and explain three of these types (below). 

You might end up with two “mysterious strangers” and one “child woman,” or three “mouth only,” you never know. It all depends on what you are able 

to find. Make them GOOD, fun and clear examples of your type, so it will 

be a lot more fun to discuss with your groups (and me) in class on 

Thursday.

1 The Mysterious Stranger (A creepy, shadowy figure.) 

2 Body Parts (Ads showing only a woman’s breasts, or her legs, or her 

torso.) 

3 “Sexy” Violence (Looks like rape, or a forceful encounter.) 

4 Murdered for fashion (Dead bodies used to display clothing or 

accessories.) 

5 Black women: Wild and Untamed! (Animal prints, yelling, jumping.)