Part one of term paper
Art has been called a visual dialogue, for though the object itself is mute, it expresses its creator's intention just as surely as if he were speaking to us. For there to be a dialogue, however, our active participation is required. If we cannot literally talk to a work of art, we can learn how to respond to it and question it in order to fa ...

Part two of term paper
... ability to assert his values and beliefs, and communicate understandings in a manner that could not otherwise be expressed. Likewise, the artist can imply polemic and ideological aspects of culture and society. However, the meaning cannot be fully comprehended without the context of time and circumstance. The eighteenth century painting, Death of the Virgin, will be examined, for in it depicts the Madonna as a prostitute. Ideological aspects of culture and society are suggested through this piece, ...