Part A: Since the time of cave paintings and Hieroglyphics to modern day documentaries and comic books, artists have told stories through their art. Artists have used paintings, drawings, sculptures, writings, and filming to represent stories of their life, life in a society, life of the world, or just for entertainment. Artists have shared personal stories with the world through writings such as poems and autobiographies. Other artists share what is was like to live in a society such as people from ancient times using cave paintings and Hieroglyphics. In modern times, artists will use filming to depict images of stories of those living or who have lived whether it be a civilization of people, a group of people, or just one person through documentaries. Another way artists tell stories is through comic books. While it may not be based on reality, these artists share their favorite stories to the world for the purpose of entertainment. Overall, people may not know it, but every piece of art has some story to it whether or not it is directed to them specifically or to someone else.
Part B: After watching Finding the Story Inside the Painting, I have finally realized that there is so much more to artwork than just an image. I'm always use to just looking at the image and seeing how good it has worked. I have never really thought about the story behind art until watching this. This has shown me that even when there isn't a clear story written to back up some artwork, there are ways of making a story seem as though it describes the artwork. This has opened up my eyes even further than they have been. When doing art in the future, I need to be thinking about what I want my piece of art to tell everyone to increase my skills as an artist.
Part C:
Part B: After watching Finding the Story Inside the Painting, I have finally realized that there is so much more to artwork than just an image. I'm always use to just looking at the image and seeing how good it has worked. I have never really thought about the story behind art until watching this. This has shown me that even when there isn't a clear story written to back up some artwork, there are ways of making a story seem as though it describes the artwork. This has opened up my eyes even further than they have been. When doing art in the future, I need to be thinking about what I want my piece of art to tell everyone to increase my skills as an artist.
Part C:
This is a painting of the Battle of Thermopylae done by Jacques-Louis David. This painting tells the great story of the 300 spartans who fought to the death against the Persians in the Peloponnesian Wars. This battle has gone down as one of the most famous last stands in history of war.
This is a book/movie written by Marcus Lutrell, the Lone Survivor, and was directed by Peter. It tells the story of a group of Navy SEALs that go on a mission in Afghanistan and end up being compromised by local farmers. The four man group eventually becomes under attack by the Taliban and only one man survives.
This is a cave painting from ancient times. It depicts a hunter hunting deer for food in order to survive. Cave paintings are considered to be the oldest forms of story telling with some cave paintings dating back to 38,000BC.
This is a comic book of the Incredible Hulk, a Marvel Universe and Avengers character. It tells the story of how Bruce Banner came in contact with radiation that, instead of killing him, turned him into a huge, indestructible monster.
This is the sculpture The Thinker that was sculpted by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It capture a male in deep thought. Although there isn't an actual story to go with this sculpture, some people like to think that this is Dante from the epic poem The Divine Comedy.