Historical Images

• Literal- A man putting a flower into a gun of a soldier
• Abstract- A message of peace against violence in favour of creation over destruction
• Cultural- This is a famous American picture of peace, the Hippy movement in the 60s was a huge message of love and peace against war

• Literal- An American (pretty safe to say), pointing toward the audience with the message with 'you' extra bold
• Abstract- The finger seems to be pertruding from the image thus involving the viewer by invading the space behind the 'wall'. His stare is also intent and obviously un-blinking so catches the reader
• Cultural- This was an army recruitment campaign, full of obvious subliminals such as highlighting 'you', this makes the viewer important and motivated to do something

•  Literal- A cave painting of a hunting tribe, done fairly minimal
• Abstract- Hunters hunting deer, they may soon be charged by the animals
• Cultural- Cave painting was the earliest form of conveying a message, this could tell of a days hunting or could be purely recreational

• Literal- A well known historical English advert for Frys' Chocolate, a series of expressions from the same boy with captions
• Abstract- Shows the 'stages' of anticipation for Frys, It has a kind of 'call and response' idea to it, along with humour, it tells a basic satisfying story
• Cultural- This became famous in England because of its humour and 'Frys' being based in england as an institute, many parents would hotograph themselves holding up their children next to this sign as part of the sequence of faces. 

• Literal- many soldiers struggling to plant a flag in the ground on a battleground
• Abstract- shows human determination and pride in freedome and their nation
• Cultural- A very famous American image because the soldiers are shown somewhere life threatening doing something they believe to be important, shows pride in their flag, they are proud to be soldiers for their country