In this module we will look at the different styles of art history to help us understand the meaning of in images.
Images have literal meaning - denotation.
When we look at the representation of the human being in images we find that it is not the sum of calculable factors. Different cultures give different representations of what, seen from a medical standpoint, is an anatomy with few variations. A representation of reality, an image, is not identical to the reality and no two artists will portray a human being in exactly the same way. Nevertheless, artists from the same time period do have a common approach. We create hero's and saints, on horse back or crucified.