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Essay Galaxy - Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Art has been called a visual dialogue, for though the object itself is mute, it expresses its creator's intention just as surely as if he were speaking to us. For there to be a dialogue, however, our active participation is required. If we cannot literally talk to a work of art, we can learn how to respond to it and question it in order to fathom its meaning.
"Human beings act toward things on the basis of the meaning things have for them" (Blumer,1969:2). While art has been described as a fundamental aspect of visual imagery is its ability to express meaning. The use of imagery has, for thousands of years, played a pivotal role as the articulator; an artist has the ability to assert his values and beliefs, and communicate understandings in a manner that could not otherwise be expressed. Likewise, the artist can imply polemic and ideological....
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