How Do You Look?
Duke University Libraries and the Nasher Museum of Art challenge members of the academic community to consider how they think about the visual world by asking “How do you look?”
Visual literacy is an increasingly important skill, and learning to think critically about images is an essential component of a 21st-century education. By providing the tools and experiences needed to perform effectively in this visual world, we empower students and scholars to search out their own answers.
Duke Libraries provides access to world-class resources with significant holdings of images that can be accessed freely and a wealth of information about the many ways images are utilized and interpreted, both in the contemporary world, as well as historically.
The Nasher is an interdisciplinary nexus and a laboratory where students and scholars can investigate, explore, and test knowledge. Confronted with a different kind of source material–image rather than text–viewers are challenged to look at concepts and issues in a new way.
For more information about visual literacy at Duke, explore our links or contact us:
Nasher Museum:
Marianne Wardle, Academic Program Coordinator (marianne.wardle@duke.edu)
Juline Chevalier, Curator of Education (juline.chevalier@duke.edu)
Molly Boarati, Academic Program Assistant (molly.boarati@duke.edu)
Website: www.nasher.duke.edu
Duke Libraries:
Lee Sorensen, Lilly Library, Visual Studies, Art, and Dance Librarian (lslilly@duke.edu)
Diane Harvey, Head, Library Instruction & Outreach (diane.harvey@duke.edu)
Website: www.library.duke.edu
Credit: Pieter van Slingeland (attributed), "Allegorical Portrait of a Lady" (detail), c. 1675. Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift in honor of Marilyn M. Segal by her family, 1998.22.10.
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