LITERAL: This piece is a man's face with other faces inside. ABSTRACT: This could mean there are many faces in a person behind the one we see. FEELINGS: This is an odd and slightly twisted-looking image. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This piece was from 1940 by Spanish artist Salvador Dali.
LITERAL: This painting is of a man screaming, with an odd background. ABSTRACT: We are not told why the man is screaming in the image, however it may have something to do with the background having the appearance of a nightmarish state. FEELINGS: I feel interested as I do not for certain know why the man is screaming. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: Painted in 1893 by Edvard Munch from Norway.
LITERAL: This picture is of a robot that is bleeding for some reason. ABSTRACT: It could be trying to show that even things we would not perceive to have feelings, do in fact feel pain. FEELINGS: I feel as if I cannot help this machine. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This has a futuristic object in it, the robot, however it seems fairly old to me.
LITERAL: This image is of a bull fighter fighting a bull. ABSTRACT: The red of the cape/rag thing blends in with the background's red which may symbolise the blood (as it's red, so is blood). FEELINGS: I do not think the fighter realises how much pain he is putting the bull in. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This (bull fighting) happens in Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries since the 1700s.
LITERAL: This image is of a man whose head seems to be exploding. ABSTRACT: It could be that his mind has been literally... blown. FEELINGS: I feel that this man is in great pain as his face would suggest, therefore I feel sorry for him. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: This is a fairly recent image and is untitled, but was made for a band's album cover.
LITERAL: A skeletal figure rising out of a grave. ABSTRACT: This could signify that someone believes evil is returning. FEELINGS: I feel intimidated because this is a rather menacing-looking creature. CULTURAL/SOCIAL: The pentagram on the grave would suggest this is a servant of the devil, or it is the devil, therefore this may have been painted by someone religious who would shun evil.
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