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To what extent are Paintings accurate historical sources? (Provides useful…
To what extent are Paintings accurate historical sources?
Provides useful insights
Lives of the rich
Lives of the poor
Interaction between the social classes
Visual images of history which are obviously not common in books of the time.
Insights provided praised by historians
Visual representation of events
Battle of Hastings
Bayeux Tapestry
Coronations
Scientific advances and reactions to them
Helps to explain attitudes
Public attitude to religion
Use of everyday objects
What was important to the public e.g. moblie phones today
Comparison of Art
Do different pieces inspire different perspectives on events?
Provides a multiplicity of sources
Art and Real life
Does art imitate real life or vice versa
Does art create an impression on real life
Relevance
Always used throughout history as a source?
Losing relevance to photographs?
20th century loosing relevance?
Impressionism
Colours/ Style/ Symbolism
Symbolises different virtues that were important in different times
Used to send messages through symbolism e.g. Elizabethan portraiture
Patrons Agendas
Do patrons control these sources, what is remembered?
Used for political, economic messages?
Provenance
Do they reflect similar opinion of the literature of the time?
Artist and their background reflect the image painted?