They say a picture says a thousand words, and this chapter describes that cliche perfectly.
From reading this chapter I learned that images have a lot of power over people. They have the power to invoke feelings and to create other images in one's mind. Different images invoke different responses from people depending on their culture and the period in time as well as their frame of reference.
The most interesting part of the chapter I found was the part about photographs. I like most people believe a photograph to display the truth, especially when it comes to crime scenes and investigations. I never really thought that a picture can be stage to make something appear to be something else. However this makes more sense to me when I think of a family portrait. Often families look happy in portraits even though they may not be as happy as they appear.
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Dude, seriously?! No. Way. HOW EXTREMELY FASCINATING!
Yo, sorry for coming across like a facetious jerk, but I'm just extremely stressed out over the fact that I'm studying for a class that uses this textbook and I find that 98% of that very class and 70% of this book to be a waste of time. Most of what you've posted should be common knowledged to anyone with a brain who has ever watched comercials on TV, and I'm just slightly baffled as to why I'm paying money to take a course in an art school that is simply giving me technical terms for visual/viewing experiences ad concepts everyone is already aware of, especially the majority of the kids at said art school I attend. *BITTER BITTER BITTER*/end
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