Art has a huge influence on culture and history. Different forms of art can connect ideas and various emotions to audiences across the world. There are many concepts that can make an artwork more appealing depending on the type of art it is. For this rhetorical analysis, I analyzed the graffiti called cave painting. This artwork was created by the anonymous English graffiti artist known as Banksy. Banksy’s artwork is comprised of stencils, spray-paint, and creativity. This kind of painting became his style when he was 18 years old painting a train and the police showed up before he could finish, so he hid under a dump truck for an hour. He then realized that he needed to cut time on his painting in half or give it up altogether. His artworks
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Banksy uses a dim hue and intensity to show the accuracy of the historic paintings, and uses brighter colors to show how the man is not part of the picture. With color, shadows are used to help show dimensionality of the man and what he is doing. This painting shows a mix between realism and stylized because you can tell that man is a realistic person that you would see in everyday society, but he is part of the painting. Banksy’s work uses these concepts to show a sense of emotion when looking deeper into this painting just like in many of his other artworks. The creation of the pathos in this painting is shown by the actions of this man. It creates a powerful comment on the treatment and attitude towards graffiti art in society today. Graffiti in the past has become historical whether it is cave art, Egyptian hieroglyphics, or Latin phrases on roman sites. These are seen as records of past views, thoughts, styles, and cultures whereas recent graffiti today is taught to be despised and unwelcome. This graffiti artwork shows our culture today just like many years ago with the Native Americans and their cultured artwork. Just like in this painting the man is washing away the Native American painting, eventually this painting will be washed away creating irony on what we have done in our dark past. Banksy does an amazing job with representing cultural problems in
Banksy uses a dim hue and intensity to show the accuracy of the historic paintings, and uses brighter colors to show how the man is not part of the picture. With color, shadows are used to help show dimensionality of the man and what he is doing. This painting shows a mix between realism and stylized because you can tell that man is a realistic person that you would see in everyday society, but he is part of the painting. Banksy’s work uses these concepts to show a sense of emotion when looking deeper into this painting just like in many of his other artworks. The creation of the pathos in this painting is shown by the actions of this man. It creates a powerful comment on the treatment and attitude towards graffiti art in society today. Graffiti in the past has become historical whether it is cave art, Egyptian hieroglyphics, or Latin phrases on roman sites. These are seen as records of past views, thoughts, styles, and cultures whereas recent graffiti today is taught to be despised and unwelcome. This graffiti artwork shows our culture today just like many years ago with the Native Americans and their cultured artwork. Just like in this painting the man is washing away the Native American painting, eventually this painting will be washed away creating irony on what we have done in our dark past. Banksy does an amazing job with representing cultural problems in