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Afternoon Tea On The Stoop Analysis

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Introduction. Images convey messages. There is the denotative message of an image, which is what one sees, then there is a connotative meaning which is the meaning that is derived from what is seen. The following semiotic analysis seeks to derive a connotative meaning related to Victorian values from two provided images. The analysis’ aim is to show that values are infused into images so that they work on a viewer. Semiotic analysis 1. Figure 1 Renhardt (Artist) Summer at the Cape of Good Hope-Afternoon Tea on the Stoep, 1882 ( Summer at the ... [Sa]) Summer at the Cape of Good Hope-Afternoon Tea on the Stoep”, is a depiction of a Summer get together for tea. From the title one, the setting can be said to be the home of a higher class British …show more content…

The Victorian value of Personal character is seen all throughout the image. The Victorian value of Personal character relates to respectable behaviour, cheerfulness, manners and punctuality (Walvin 1987). This is seen in how everyone in the picture, save for the servants, is having conversation and is happy and cheery. The Victorian ideal and value regarding gender is seen in the image. This value has to do with ideal on manliness and masculinity and on the standing of women in society (Walvin 1987). This is seen in the men with their beards and the one with the explorer hat and one has a pipe, and in how the women are very auxiliary in the scene as most of them are seated. The value of class is seen in the image, as the important, higher up people can be separated from servant folk because of their dress. Also the servants are almost unseen as the women served by the black servant don’t even regard …show more content…

They are kneeling accepting the stove as a gift. The two African men are the first in a line of people who are natives from other colonized lands. The line stretches into the background of the picture . At the top right corner of the advertisement is a picture of the stove, and at the bottom left corner is the depiction of a woman kneeling in front of the stove cooking something, with a family in the background. At the top of the advertisement are the words “Frank Rippingille’s” written in big, capital letters diagonally ( bottom left to top right). Towards the bottom of the advertisement the words “ Patent Cooking Stoves” is written on a sash that runs diagonally from top left to bottom right. On the advertisement is written the stove’s credentials, and the words “England’s Gift, A Blessing to all

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