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Why do we need to tell stories?
NARRATIVE ART – A BRIEF SAMPLING
Magura Cave, Bulgaria
Bhimbhetka Cave, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nourlangie, Nawurlandja, Anbangbang Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Aboriginal Cave and Rock wall paintings from eastern Australian
Ancient Egyptian tomb painting
Ancient Egyptian tomb painting
Ancient Egyptian tomb painting
Pitsa panel, Greek, 540-530 B.C.E.
Symposium scene in the Tomb of the Diver at Paestum, c. 480 BC
Mughal painting – Radhi pines for Krishna
Mughal painting
Mughal painting
Northern Wei wall murals and painted figurines from the Yungang Grottoes, dated 5th to 6th centuries
tomb of Lou Rui at Taiyuan, Shanxi, Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577)
RELIGION
Buddhist mural - Myanmar
Hindu mural - India
Buddhist mural - Thailand
Hieronymous Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1510
Hieronymous Bosch, detail, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1510
Hieronymous Bosch, detail, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1510
Cappella Sistina, 1508 - 12
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508 – 12
Michelangelo, detail, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508 – 12
Michelangelo, detail, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508 – 12
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1497
Chinese mural
Chinese mural – 10th century
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
HISTORY
Bayeaux Tapestry, 20’ X 230’, 1079
Detail, Bayeaux Tapestry, 20’ X 230’, 1079
Detail, Bayeaux Tapestry, 20’ X 230’, 1079
Detail, Bayeaux Tapestry, 20’ X 230’, 1079
Paolo Uccello, Battle of San Romano, 1455
Nicolas Poussin, The Rape of the Sabine Women, 1637
John Singleton Copely, Watson and the Shark, 1778
Theodore Gericault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1816
Francisco Goya, Disasters of War, 1810
Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851
Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814
Edouard Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximillian, 1861
CULTURAL HERITAGE
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1480
Warli painting
Warli painting
Warli painting
Jacob Lawrence, the Ironers,
Jacob Lawrence, The Builders,
Jacob Lawrence, You can buy bootleg whiskey for 25 cents a quart, 1943
Faith Ringgold, Subway Grafitti #3,
Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach 2, 1990
Faith Ringgold, The Sunflower’s Quilting Bee at Arles,
Agathe Aladin, Slaves Being Punished, 2004
Agathe Aladin, In 1530 Spanish settlers received the island’s first shipment of African slaves, 2004
Voltaire Hector, Masacer at Saint Jean Bosco Nov. 1988, 2007
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851
Robert Colescott, George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: page from American History textbook, 1975
Kara Walker, Slavery, Slavery… (detail), 1997
Kara Walker
Kara Walker, Darkytown Rebellion, 2001
Kara Walker
POLITICS
WHAT IS A META-MESSAGE?
A meta-message describes those messages that come through reading between the lines. For example, someone sends his wife an email stating he has three meetings that morning and a report to get out in the afternoon. What he is really saying is, "don't bother me today.
Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937
Gladys Grauer, The Gift, 2007
Diego Rivera, the Detroit Industrial Murals, 1932-33
Diego Rivera, detail, the Detroit Industrial Murals, 1932-33
Diego Rivera, Mexico Today and Tomorrow, 1935
Diego Rivera, Man Controls the Universe, 1934
Leon Golub, The Interrogation, 1981
Leon Golub, Interrogation III, 1981
Leon Golub , White Squad V, 1984.
Street Art in Iran
Sue Coe, 9/11, 2002
Sue Coe, Wheel of War, 2004
Sue Coe, Meat Fly, 2002
Sue Coe, Car Bomb, 2005
Sue Coe, Lucky shot, the Animals Dance, 2005
Voltaire Hector, The blue helmets (UN security forces) seize the headquarters of the old army on Ti Goave, 2005
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Honore Daumier, Third Class Carriage, 1862
Mexico
Harry Donal Jones, The Social History of Des Moines, 1941
Phillipines
AIDS and Social Justice - USA
CHOICES mural - NYC
Cairo
Helen Bayly and Aaron Heimlich, History of LGBT of Polk Street
Virginia Ayress, Y yo ya estaba, Bronx, NY
Long Beach, CA