Today we had a lecture on the history of image, I found this really interesting how it explored the possible interpretations of what an image communicated.
Scholars of the west believe that the first visual image was approximately 17,000 years ago in the Lascaux Caves in France. One of the possible reasons these images were created was to communicate with the God's, they were images of power and magic. This idea that images were created to show power and even wealth is very commonly reflected through art.
The way an image moves people and makes them think, feel and do things in a certain way due to that image is really fascinating. Cy Twombly's work is very emotional and took part in the abstract expressionism movement. His work actually bought quite a few people to tears when they viewed his pieces whether that was due to the work itself or the whole sombre idea of the actual artist himself and his suicide.
As time went on images started to change in some ways, such as is it only famous because society says so? This could probably be said of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. They also started to challenge the heir-achy, plan an attack on cultural authority and even challenge the traditional, forcing a particular view on people. I believe that the way we view an image has changed in many ways because now we question the image answer back and interpret differently, I believe the viewer holds more power placing the image.
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