Today I went to the Nelson Atkins to complete my sign lab assignment. It was difficult to choose which object or painting to interpret and find the symbols and signs in. the reason for this is that I feel that many of my interpretations of what I would consider for these are pieces are based off of learned "obvious signs" or symbols are common to art history and more broadly Western society. for example I saw the color red as blood or sacrifice, white as purity, gold leaf as preciousness, a woman holding a baby as Maddona and child. Most of what we would consider necessary signs and probable signs are based off of our interpretations that have been constructed by our history and our society. It is hard for us coming form a now very visual culture to not look at certain things and then automatically draw certain conclusions. Most signs there for in my opinion are directed by a soul or are deliberated. They are either directed by our selves with this subconscious westernized visual dictionary or by the person that knows what information we carry around in our heads.
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