Essay - Visual Imagery and Qualitative Dimensions of Life & Consciousness in...

Visual Imagery and Qualitative Dimensions of Life & Consciousness in Visual Art

Introduction

***** history all cultures have produced works of art. The impulse to create as a me*****ns of personal expression and to stimulate the imagination of viewers is universal and perpetual. In their various manifestations, the *****s play an important role in defining culture by presenting intelligent viewpoints ***** our present state of being, and by serving as a record of ***** p*****t. The v*****ual arts are a repository of those qualitative dimensions of life, which enhance our consciousness through ***** use of visual imagery.

***** most exquisite expression of the self is through art, be it literature, history theatre, painting, sculptor and so on. From the wondrous Egyptian pyramids to the majestic statue ***** liberty, from eloquent Greek writer Homer - who produced masterpieces like ***** Odyssey ***** to 20th century literati like Palestinian journalist Edward Said - who so brilliantly portrays the lives of ***** wretched and woebegone Palestinians - ***** Latin American ***** Gabriel Garcia Marquez, every piece ***** art, ***** artistes depict one philosophy and that is Art for Life, representing Man's struggle and how this endeavor has led to his evolution.

For much of the *****, the relationship of art and Humanities ***** remained unexplored ***** critics. *****deed, various types ***** formalist theory, with an accent on "art for *****'s sake," dominated the critical scene *****d actively excluded from consideration ***** question of how the ***** in*****m the way we act *****wards others.

Interpreting Literature

As critic Morton Berman says: "In putting words on paper you will ***** to take a second and a third look at what is in front of you ***** what ***** within you. Writing then is not only a ***** of expressing pleasure but also a way of learning. The last word about complex thoughts and feelings is never said, but when we write we hope to make at least a little progress in the difficult ***** rewarding job of talking about our responses. We learn and then we hope to interest our readers because we are communicating to them our responses to something that for one reason or another is worth talking about." (1)

***** we interpret ***** ***** is that communication is in effect teaching. One may think ***** one ***** writing ***** someone specific. But that again is a misconception. When one writes, he or she automatically becomes the teacher. A literary essay is an attempt to help the reader see ***** work not only as the writer *****s it but also in a ***** more broader perspective, i.e. in multi*****dimensions as one sees life it*****.

***** as we know it

Before going in***** further detail as to the reflection ***** man's struggle in art, one should first define ***** struggle actually means. Struggle as we know *****, can be divided into two categories, namely Struggle for the evolution of the self, meaning ***** Individual and that of the society. In the *****mer, it is