Essay on the Power of Images and Images of Power in Visual Arts

This essay delves into the complex relationship between the power of the image and the image of power, examining how they function within the realm of visual arts. The author begins by establishing the dual nature of images as both communicative tools and representations of identity, capable of narrating stories and influencing perceptions. The essay then focuses on the absence of figural imagery, exploring how this omission impacts the discussion of the power of images and images of power, drawing on examples from religious structures and artistic designs. The analysis considers the impact of these images in both public and private spaces, the role of the power of the images and images of the power in the non-figural work and how the absence of figural imagery addresses the central question of the essay. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of figural art and the absence of it. This essay provides valuable insights into how visual elements shape our understanding of power, belief, and cultural expression.

The power of the image and the image of the power
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The power of the image and the images of power
The essay postulates the conflicting ideas, which are the power of the image and the image of
the power. However, based on the real images it stated that it has no might neither the power
but normally give the power to images simply because they act as a tool in the mode of
communication. They are the means and medium which represent us in the social media,
political logic as well as the social matters in our environment. Similarly they are the object
which imagines and takes the form of our identities thus they embody the collective form of
or desires in all the aspects of the environment1. They narrate stories. Contrary, the story of
the picture is not innocent all cost. With reference to that, they can show the spontaneous
ranges of the moods of the social groups or someone interest to annoy others. Based on that
evidence, it is clearer that self-image is an orthopaedic-resource. Besides they are one that is
trying to lure the beholder's imagination and the perception of oneself appearance. Basically,
the designing is a means of those who are planning something with the aim of visualization
and making attempts of drawing as well as analyzing in their audience minds2. Moreover, the
designs are some of the work created for manipulation thus create reputations while its
objectives are to influence the discourse of the other and hence lays the power of the image.
The main aim of the essay will entirely focuses on the work of the visuals arts in the focusing
on the absence of the figural imagery and the main work of the images of the power and the
1 Yasushi, Asaoka et al. "29.1: Polarizer‐Free Reflective LCD Combined with Ultra-
Low-Power Driving Technology." In SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers
(Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009), 400.
2 ANNE‐MARIE, BROUDEHOUX. "Images of power: Architectures of the
integrated spectacle at the Beijing Olympics." Journal of Architectural Education 63,
no. 2 (2010): 57-60.

power of the of images of the non-figural work. It will show how the omission of the figural
imagery address the question like impact of the figural imagery has to do with images of the
power and the power of the image3s.
In addition, images of power are equipment with which people rely on to provide them with
might or to seek strength from. Some of the related examples are industries, believes, sun,
Supreme Being, gods and goddess as well as a ghost. Mostly they are being used for the
remembrances as well as the embodiment of the different situations. The power of the images
normally lies with the appearance of the individuals at a particular time. Thus they are used
as the representation of the individuals in every aspect4.
The role of the power of the images and images of the power in the non-figural work
Most of the arts which are pictorially structured in public or the hidden places have various
impacts on what they purported for. Some of the examples of the power of the images are
mosques. These structures depict the Islamic nature of the activities which is characterized by
the worshipping. Most of the Muslims have strong believed that their power comes from the
mosques and thus they fast consecutive to gain the lost strength from the Allah5. Some of the
art designs images like godly images which many people believe that they gain the total
strength in them thus they preserve them as well as a bow to them in respect to their faith.
3 Eamonn, Carrabine. "Images of torture: Culture, politics and power." Crime, media,
culture 7, no. 1 (2011): 9-12.
4 Natalia, Chaban "Images of the EU beyond its Borders: Issue‐Specific and Regional
Perceptions of European Union Power and Leadership." JCMS: Journal of Common
Market Studies 51, no. 3 (2013): 437-39.
5 Shakeel M, Mahate and Smiley, Karen J. "Recording and providing for display
images of events associated with power equipment." U.S. Patent Application
13/894,691, filed November 20, (2014):560.

The absence of these images makes things impossible in contemporary world since some
individuals devote themselves fully to the images that they cannot do without them6.
Conclusions
The emphasis of the on the figural art as secular, rather than the religious concepts of the
Islamic monuments clearly outlined the strong believes Islamic individuals have over their
way of e believe. Just like the way other individuals devoted themselves so is the power of
the mages is stipulated. However, based on the real images, they have no might neither the
power but normally give the power to images simply because they act as a tool in the mode of
communication.
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Asaoka, Yasushi, Eiji Satoh, Kazuhiro Deguchi, Takashi Satoh, Kiyoshi Minoura, Ichiro
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Ultra-Low-Power Driving Technology." In SID Symposium Digest of Technical
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spectacle at the Beijing Olympics." Journal of Architectural Education 63, no. 2
(2010): 52-62.
Carrabine, Eamonn. "Images of torture: Culture, politics and power." Crime, media,
culture 7, no. 1 (2011): 5-30.
Chaban, Natalia, Ole Elgström, Serena Kelly, and Lai Suet Yi. "Images of the EU beyond its
Borders: Issue‐Specific and Regional Perceptions of E uropean U nion Power and
Leadership." JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 51, no. 3 (2013): 433-451.
Mahate, Shakeel M., and Karen J. Smiley. "Recording and providing for display images of
events associated with power equipment." U.S. Patent Application 13/894,691, filed
November 20, 2014.
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on imperial coinage, AD 193-284. Vol. 15. Brill, 2012.