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Essay On Images In History

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Image in history need be defined in context. The way in which images are produced and viewed over different periods changes the view of realism with regards to different cultures and believes. Through the observation of three images (Pomona, portrait of Alice Liddell, Egyptian artwork and Man with a movie film poster) it will be proven the importance to be defined.

Images over different periods have been seen as realistic due to one believing that the image that one is viewing is exactly what the artist was meaning. However as time has changed and become more modernized and contemporary one is able to notice that without criticizing images you are unable to see the realistic side of an image. Culture also pays a huge role in the understanding of an artwork and how that is portrayed as realistic in their eyes. According to practices of looking,

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The image is something that one might think was just a Victorian image of a lady posing for a picture. What one does not realize is the history behind the image, which can therefore make the viewing of the images non realistic. This image made a change in history with regards to realism as this picture was taken in the Victorian period. This period is where women would pose in a stiff formal pose, which would focus on all the detail according to practices of looking. (Sturken and Cartwright, 2009). The women who was the inspiration for Alice and wonderland, was more relaxed, Her hair was flowing, she was posing in with leaves and braches surrounding her. There was no formal backdrop or posing which went against the Victorian era. This shows how images in history should be defined in context as one would think that the image was in the Victorian period but without knowing the exact history behind the image they would not know 100 percent what the meaning

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