The Celebration Of Visual Narrative Art Through Ages

By Ida Dorsey


Narrative art tells a story. It is either in the form of ongoing stories or a certain sequence of important events over time. Actually, an early evidence of human art have suggested that people are telling stories with photos. However, with a certain knowledge of the told story, it is hard to read ancient photos because they are well organized in such ways on pages.

This is also an art that uses great power of the ocular image to create imaginations, induce emotions and capture cultural aspirations and truths. The man distinction between a visual narrative art from other genres of art is the abilities to narrate a certain story in a diverse culture and preserve them for the coming generations.

Actually, there are several forms of narrative in the world. Most of the forms are either moving or still pictures, mixture of substances, articulated language and gestures, narrative is always present in legend, fables, short stories, myth, epics, paintings, comedy, tragedy and many more.

Furthermore, in this certain variety of forms, it is also present at all times, in all societies, in all places. Indeed, it all started with the history of mankind. Actually, arts tell or illustrate stories. Usually, it describes self explanatory events from daily lives of people from a well known myth, folk tale or from a text.

Actually, anyone forgets that story telling is a matter of giving the information of most stories with an amount of visual clutter. It is also easy to lose a certain visual information that we start to distract from the necessary aspects. There are also several ways to approach narrative in your photos. Actually, there is no right or wrong with the things you are going to do it.

It is also a kind of interest for most academic scholars, thinkers, educators and the community as a whole. They seek understanding on the impact and power of most images and history in every society and individual as well. There are some distinctive characteristics that usually includes a persuasive story. It is also a subject matter with social, environmental and spiritual value. It has an appeal for delivering a particular attitude, behavior and high quality images.

Great storytellers come from a professions, form of arts and all walks of life. They are unique ones who function both artist and author, influencing and entertaining your imaginations through the creations of literature and arts. There are also some films that redefine and redirect history or tell the future. There are books that set imaginations in the palm of hands and ignite words and emotions.

The level of the ocular record also becomes a great experience, a moment not forgotten and a memory that will be cherished forever. Most of these works have survived the test of time and become part of the cultural and history identities.

Actually, fine arts, game designs, advertising, picture books, graphic books illustration and animation are some of the demands for talented creators. So, no matter the style or medium you are using, anyone is also responsible for telling stories visually and to shape your own identity. Anyone is also responsible to tell the history or define the future if needed.




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