Rhetorical Analysis Essay On Album Artwork

As a small child I can imagine running around my living room pretending to be Britney Spears. I even have a picture of me, posing like Britney from the cover of her Oops!... I Did It Again album. But until this class I never considered the reasons behind album artwork. I always assumed artist had to have one. Of course, I have my favorite album artworks for my own bias and, sometimes, subconscious reasons; it’s time to analyze the artwork the artist made a choice to pair with their music. I chose albums and artists that I am fans of and very familiar with, in the hopes of, analyzing their work correctly. I would like to compare and contrast to different album artworks starting with a not so known artist, whose artwork confused me, and …show more content…
It does not look like any kind of rhetorical technique was employed well. Ethos were attempted in the use position of the naked woman, but to audience members, like myself, that was offensive. A picture is worth a thousand words. Miguel presents the artwork as the text for fans and potential customers, but the text is up to the fans and potential customer to decipher. If he and his teams thinks being shirtless in the fantasy looking land, establishes credibility, they have used logos. But after a Parental Advisory label is placed on the cover, ethos have been stricken. A parental advisory label lets authorities know that the artist could not get their point across without crossing the line. Subjectively, it was not one of his best, but I am looking forward for more to come from Miguel. Before I was a Miguel fan, or a Britney Spears fan, I was a Beyoncé …show more content…
That is exactly what her cover is. Like Miguel, and other artist, it is difficult to establish logos with a single photo. Logos are established from previous work in their career. Her logos are stronger and more important due to it being her first album of her solo career. Beyoncé sung the lead in arguably one of the best girl groups of our time, Destiny’s’ Child. The small group from Houston dominated the charts, and later being the creditability or logos Beyoncé needed for her first album. What everyone really remembers from the cover is that she wore. Beyoncé lets the top to the talking in next to nothing on her very first album. Employing pathos displaying confidence, sexuality, feminism, etc., if a top can display all of that combine that with a powerful pose. The top and pose send a tailored message to both women and men. The album for both women and men is a great example of strong women who owns her