Meaning 1

Representation

The image above is a representation of some of the type of architecture in the United States. The architecture’s style that was used to build the U. S capitol is Neoclassical. The design style was chosen for this federal building because of its meaning. Neoclassicism denotes fashion, taste, a strong political structure, as well as order and balance. Not to mention the symmetry is something that endures architecture of empire and glory. All this communicates a very stable democratic political message to the citizens; where they feel protected by their government.

Abstraction

As we can appreciate, this is a caption of an abstract which points towards a visual message of function. The function that has bean abstracted is work and our interaction with the environment where we perform our work activities. Viewers can relate to this image by simply putting ourselves outside the box and see inside and pass the window. By doing this we can reflect in many things we do and how we perform when doing our work activities. There we can realize and reflect in a things that can make our work easier and less stressful, because when we go back inside that box we want to be able to do things better and less painful and stressful as possible.

Symbolism

The image of the sign above symbolizes immigrants crossing the freeway. This signs is very common in San Diego California, since is one of the cities in the United States that go along the border of Mexico. The sign denotes for drivers to be aware that there is a lot of immigrant activity along that area. The only way for a person to know that would be when driving on interstate 5 in San Diego. This caution sign is very large, really hard to miss along the freeway. The purpose is for drivers to slowdown and be cautious to avoid fatal accidents.