Iconography

Since archaeology developed as an academic discipline, scholars have devoted substantial attention to identifying the first civilizations; one prominent area of debate concerns how and when civilization initially ascended in Mesoamerica – much of modern day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador (Blomster et al. 2005). Approximately 3000 years ago, Mexico’s Gulf Coast was inhabited by the Olmec – an archaeological culture that differs from a conventional culture as it is a…

• Firstly music videos demonstrate particular genre characteristics • Music videos demonstrate a relationship between lyrics and visuals • The record label will identify what type of music video genre will be produced • Artists have specific iconography that can be identified to them that becomes part of their…

important historical artists. T-he paintings in this exhibit are from 1930s - 1940s, he was born in 1891 and passed away 1947. The exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami is Dunkley's first showing in the U.S. His work consists of symbolism and iconography which has been discussed in class. While his paintings may be dark and have a somber feeling, his attention to detail and the fact that his paintings appear to be at…

Through this research my contention is that Hitchcock’s varied deployments of American culture, public spaces, cultural narratives, literary traditions, iconography and ideological cross currents are not serendipitous, accidental or…

The article is a critical synopgterop30is to the painter Peter Paul Ruben from author Lisa Rosenthal. She mentions few main art pieces which done by Ruben such as The Hero Crowned by Victory and Drunken Hercules. The author generally talks about Ruben’s art in the first few paragraphs and it shows that his works are popular among his many sponsors. And also, the author uses some examples from Ruben’s art works to show the abstract characteristic male and female figures in particular causes.…

there are serval paintings, but what you may have not noticed is their significance. If you look at each painting closely you may notice that they tell a story. The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel is a piece of art history which uses iconography and religion to create a narrative. The Nativity is not only a piece of art, but it also is an altarpiece. Since an altar is where offerings for a church are held, the images that appeared on the altarpiece carry the most significance. The…

snake, and many fruits hang from the garland. While drawings of marble are above the garland with more vegetation even higher than that, attempting to show of wealth that is also found in the first fresco. Most of the objects in the painting are iconography for the god Dionysus. Silenos is a satyr, a zoomorphic figure with its top half resembling a human while the bottom half represents a goat, who is the minor god under Dionysus. Minor gods were also important as the main ones, incorporating…

Culture can be affected by many different factors. One factor that affected medieval culture was women’s book ownership. Susan Bell makes a claim that medieval women’s special relationship with books is often overlooked, but it influenced iconography, book content, and the geographical movement of ideas. The influence of women during the later medieval period affected vernacular language, religious thought, and the spread of cultures and this influence is often overshadowed by the activities and…

in the work of London fashion photographer, Miles Aldridge, particularly his portraits regarding the Virgin Mary. My reason for this is because I’m basing my studio portraiture project on The Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti so Christian iconography, particularly the Madonna is relevant to my research. This series of portraits is entitled Immaculée and was originally featured in international fashion magazine, Numéro in 2007. The photos feature model, Alana Zimmer, portraying a concept of…

The iconography includes influences from Iran, Buddhism, Hinduism, Egypt and Greece. The religious imagery of Shiva obviously shows that the panel was made for and/or by Hindus, but the fact that it was found so far from the Hindu heartlands of north India implies…