Reading two artworks side by side through a selected context to surface layers of meaning

What this note covers

1. Comparison needs a shared proposition
2. Decode formal evidence before assigning context
3. Use context to produce multiple perspectives
4. Distinguish literal and non-literal meaning
5. Appraise the significance of similarity and difference
6. Build an extended comparative paragraph
7. Worked comparison: a fixed honour roll and a changing field of names
8. Worked paragraph construction: build comparison from one visual hinge

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