It is believed, in the beginning humans actually had a form of language where they were able to pass down stories or knowledge from generation to generation. In fact, one of the earliest forms of storytelling had little to no words to describe what exactly one was trying to say. In our society today, we as humans still use the form of being able to tell a story within a painting or any work of art which does not incorporate words.
Knowing this must lead many to ponder with the question: “Is it true a painting can tell a story?” By focusing and evaluating the rhetorical appeals of both paintings and text, we can determine the effectiveness and the value of pictures telling a story.
One of the oldest aged books of stories known to man happens to be the Bible. Inside of this book are words put together by gnostic men to form stories which are believed by numerous believers. Two stories which stick out, but are not known to the general population of religious people is the story of the David defeating Goliath and the Crucifixion of Christ. The significance of David was, he was the young Sheppard boy who went up against Goliath in battle. Keep in mind Goliath was amongst the Philistine and was a giant compared the normal teenage sized David. The story is known to be phenomenal, because David had defeated Goliath with only a stone, however he Did have God on his side; so he feared nothing. On the other hand we have the more disheartened story of the crucifixion of Jesus. This story can be found in the book of John chapter 19. It begins with how the process started, “Then Pilate took Jesus, and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up t...
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...story it has the appeals to summarize and gives the reader the actual visual of what has been read. Both paintings and text share the appeal of logos by the organization of everything as well as the detail given either. In a like manner, the two genres share the characteristics of emotiveness whether it be visual, like a bloodied Jesus pinned onto a cross, or written in great detail, like "And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him"(1Samuel, 17.35). Both have the ethos appeal by asserting people of authority or popularity. Granite the fact, one may need to know the story behind the painting in order to get the effect of the picture, the painting still equally shares a purpose and a goal to persuade the audience of what it is being portrayed.
“ The horizon was the color of milk. Cold and fresh. Poured out among the bodies” (Zusak 175). The device is used in the evidence of the quote by using descriptives words that create a mental image. The text gives the reader that opportunity to use their senses when reading the story. “Somehow, between the sadness and loss, Max Vandenburg, who was now a teenager with hard hands, blackened eyes, and a sore tooth, was also a little disappointed” (Zusak 188). This quote demonstrates how the author uses descriptive words to create a mental image which gives the text more of an appeal to the reader's sense such as vision. “She could see his face now, in the tired light. His mouth was open and his skin was the color of eggshells. Whisker coated his jaw and chin, and his ears were hard and flat. He had a small but misshapen nose” (Zusak 201). The quotes allows the reader to visualize what the characters facial features looked like through the use of descriptive words. Imagery helps bring the story to life and to make the text more exciting. The reader's senses can be used to determine the observations that the author is making about its characters. The literary device changes the text by letting the reader interact with the text by using their observation skills. The author is using imagery by creating images that engages the reader to know exactly what's going on in the story which allows them to
When looking at the painting it gives us a glimpse of the past. It looks almost like a photograph. The fine detail from the building on the right with the statue on top. The citizens walking around.
...t would help bring into understandable light the mystery of the Church’s teachings. Finally, achievements in re-creating human emotion would ensure the painting’s, and therefore the Church’s teachings would leave an indelible mark on all of its viewers.
are depicted with the same degree of variation. To understand such a diverse set of paintings –
When logos used, it’s to show the audience logic to persuade them by reason. If the facts or information is true and prove a statement over the argument then that is the use of logos. For example, the movie Twelve Angry Men (1957) directed by Sidney Lumet, an 18-year-old Latino boy is accused for murder of his father. When the all the points lead him to killing his father, Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda) has reason that the boy is innocent, which leads to long periods of arguments. This scene is when Juror No. 9 (Joseph Sweeny) see’s Juror No. 4 (E.G. Marshall) rubs his irritated nose from his glasses. That’s when Juror No. 9 ask if Juror No. 4 sleeps with his glasses and as he replies with no. Juror No. 9 suspects that the women had the same glasses marks on her nose which she rubbed just like Juror No. 8 and with logical reasoning she wouldn’t be able to see the murder at night if she was sleeping and woke up. So when the other jurors change there vote to guilty to not guilty Juror No. 3 (Lee J Cobb) is the only one whose vote is still guilty and all jurors try to convince Juror No. 3 that logically she wouldn’t sleep with her glasses on and she wouldn’t be able to put her glasses fast enough to see the murder. In the end, this argument was successful, and logos is shown that the women didn’t see the murderer because she doesn’t sleep with her
...him and embraced him heavily. This happened two or more times after which the angel commanded Muhammad to recite the following verses:
Firstly, Logos is an appeal to logic, this method is used to persuade an audience by reason. “Logos can be developed by using advanced, theoretical or abstract language, citing facts (very important), using historical and literal analogies, and by
Therefore, when the soldier pierced Jesus’ side, the water and blood that spilled from the puncture wound confirmed that he was dead, as the Bible explains:
Through what we have studied of the artist, we know that he sees various things in his
and images of death and by using this it will give the reader an even
The composition of the painting takes place with the square of the canvas. The square is approximately 5' x 5'. A black frame surrounding the painting protrudes approximately 4" off the canvas. There is a 1" inlay between the canvas and frame. From this square, Reinhardt breaks the composition into six equal squares in three even rows. Texture is no where to be found in the painting. No visual indication of the artist's brush stroke is present. No varnished glare is given off by the piece. The entire work, including the frame, is completely matte. The squares take up the entire canvas in a checkerboard type arrangement. Each square is a slightly different shade of blue-black. It almost becomes impossible to see the difference between each square. The middle squares in the top and bottom rows shift more towards blue than the rest of the squares. The division of these middle squares become more obvious than the others. When the painting is looked at from a distance, it is almost impossible to see any of the squares at all. When looking from a far, all a viewer can see is a blackish blue canvas. As you stare longer into the painting, a halo begins to form around the corners of the canvas, creating a circle inside the square. Once you look away from the canvas, the circle is gone. With this observation in mind, we could say that the painting most definitely relies on the viewer. A viewer is required to look at the piece for its full affect. We could say that the squares in the painting are self-contained.
From the creation of art to its modern understanding, artists have strived to perform and perfect a photo realistic painting with the use of complex lines, blend of colors, and captivating subjects. This is not the case anymore due to the invention of the camera in 1827, since it will always be the ultimate form of realism. Due to this, artists had the opportunities to branch away from the classical formation of realism, and venture into new forms such as what is known today as modern art. In the examination of two well known artists, Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock, we can see that the artist doesn’t only intend for the painting to be just a painting, but more of a form of telling a scene through challenging thoughts, and expressing of the artists emotion in their creation.
The visual description of a text is the perfect way to wrap the reader’s senses into the story.
Having realized art as a structured cultural phenomenon, and having emptied its direct and apparent meaning, it is possible to identify all its possible significations. Interestingly enough, I find that art reveals many diametrically opposed significations: expression and oppression, bias and acceptance, individual and society, creativity and confinement, and freedom and convention, among others. Art signifies the de-politicization of our culture, for even the most political of pieces cease to cause a stir among the masses.
The painting was of a river flowing from a lake, surrounded by very tall grass. On each side of the river there are people standing. What was interesting is they were painted all black. They looked like shaded figures. They were all shaped differently but you can tell they were all men. On the top left side of the river there were five men. On the right bottom side of the river there were four men. On each side it looked as though the men were trying to cross over to the other side. They looked tired and scared. It looked as though they were hiding, and getting across the river was the only way to get to that safe haven.