Art and communication
For thousands of years, art has been used to communicate ideas through visual form. As viewers, we look at art and try to decipher the message of the artist. As artists, we are trying to send a message to the viewer. Art serves to send messages without saying a word. This can be done through the use of elements and principles of art, through the abstract expressionist techniques or can be viewed in the messages organised religion was trying to send in its art works in the middle ages.
From ancient times, people have used images to communicate like early cave art or Egyptian hieroglyphics - visual art can explore concepts or ideas without requiring written statements. Words are sometimes included and can be an effective complement, but they're not the primary way ideas are conveyed in visual art.
• The arts are inherently communicative and actively engage learners in the processes of creating, expressing, interpreting, and responding to art.
• Communication is the conveying or sharing of ideas or feelings.
• Communication can be achieved through various ways: verbally, visually, musically, artistically etc
• Works of art throughout history have communicated different messages, ideas and feelings
• Art can communicate different ideas to the viewer and artists can make art to communicate their ideas.
§ “A picture is worth a thousand words” meaning, A picture tells a story just as well, if not better, than a lot of written words. a picture conveys information more effectively than words
§ a picture can tell a story just as well as many words
§ using graphics can convey ideas more effectively than a large number of words
§ graphic illustration conveys stronger messages than words
Source: theidioms.com
§ A picture is worth a thousand words, but you do need to know what you are looking at! The context of the picture, which may not be on display, will affect it’s meaning!
Resources:
https://www.tvoarts.org/articles/art-as-powerful-communication
https://study.com/academy/lesson/art-as-a-form-of-communication.html