Palette Of Narmer, Emperor Justinian And His Attendants
Artworks can be used to express any idea or impression that the artist wants to convey to their audiences. The artist may use certain objects to symbolize to bring their point across in their art pieces. For instance, some artist would use darker colors to express a sad or moody feeling, or bright colors convey a happy feeling. Through this idea, ancient and medieval works of art are used to express political ideas in forms of propaganda. Propaganda such as, commemorations of militaristic events or elaborate works of art. The artworks, “Palette of Narmer”, “Column of Trajan,” and “Emperor Justinian and His Attendants” will be used to further support this idea of whose idea they are expressing, how that are expressed, and why that did what
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For instance, this art piece’s concept was conveyed by King Narmer. This concept was to solidify that the gods have given him divine power and justification to rule. The concept was depicted by religion and by this the Egyptian god Horus, along with the larger and more dominant sized King Narmer about to execute his foe was represented in this artwork. Specifically, the falcon is a representation of the God Horus that is shown holding a rope binding a foe’s head. With this depiction, it also builds a connection to King Narmer holding a foe because the figure of King Narmer is larger than every other figure to show that is above them all except the falcon. The figure of King Narmer is not above the falcon, but at the same level as the falcon, and this is seen from the top of the heads of both figures with neither being one higher than the other doing the same act of power over their foes. This is a good representation of religion because King Narmer sees himself at the same level as a god, specifically God Horus, with the idea that the gods have given him divine power and justification to rule. The dead foes under the feet of King Narmer is an excellent resemblance of his power and how the dead foes are considered lower than him. Not only was this artwork an excellent representation of the concept of how ancient and medieval works are used to express political ideas in forms of propaganda, but the art piece, “Column of Trajan” is another good representation of this
For instance, this art piece’s concept was conveyed by King Narmer. This concept was to solidify that the gods have given him divine power and justification to rule. The concept was depicted by religion and by this the Egyptian god Horus, along with the larger and more dominant sized King Narmer about to execute his foe was represented in this artwork. Specifically, the falcon is a representation of the God Horus that is shown holding a rope binding a foe’s head. With this depiction, it also builds a connection to King Narmer holding a foe because the figure of King Narmer is larger than every other figure to show that is above them all except the falcon. The figure of King Narmer is not above the falcon, but at the same level as the falcon, and this is seen from the top of the heads of both figures with neither being one higher than the other doing the same act of power over their foes. This is a good representation of religion because King Narmer sees himself at the same level as a god, specifically God Horus, with the idea that the gods have given him divine power and justification to rule. The dead foes under the feet of King Narmer is an excellent resemblance of his power and how the dead foes are considered lower than him. Not only was this artwork an excellent representation of the concept of how ancient and medieval works are used to express political ideas in forms of propaganda, but the art piece, “Column of Trajan” is another good representation of this