Types
Narratives occur in a space and unfold in time. In narrative art, the artist chooses how to portray the story, represent the space, and how to shape time within the artwork. Narrative art can be categorized into various types, also known as modes or styles. A piece of artwork is not limited to only one type of narrative. An artwork may have a narrative type as a whole, as well as portions of the artwork itself that depict separate types of narratives.
- Simultaneous Narrative
- Monoscenic Narrative
- Continuous Narrative
- Synoptic Narrative
- Panoptic Narrative
- Progressive Narrative
- Sequential Narrative
- Layered Narrative
It important to understand that landscape is not the same as a “place” or “scene”. A depicted action in itself can suggest a different scene or setting. The quote below is a good explanation of this way of understanding scenes in narrative artwork.
You can imagine the Trojan War taking place at Troy without having to depict the actual city of Troy.You can show Achilles dragging Hector’s body around the city of Troy without having to depict the
walls of the city. Nonetheless, the idea that each action is limited to a specific place can still pertain,
because the Trojan War did take place at Troy and Achilles did drag Hector’s body around the city. —Read more about this topic: Narrative Art
Famous quotes containing the word types:
“... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. For I am happy. There was a time when I thought I had reached the limit of distress. Beyond that limit, there is a sterile and magnificent happiness.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“Our children evaluate themselves based on the opinions we have of them. When we use harsh words, biting comments, and a sarcastic tone of voice, we plant the seeds of self-doubt in their developing minds.... Children who receive a steady diet of these types of messages end up feeling powerless, inadequate, and unimportant. They start to believe that they are bad, and that they can never do enough.”
—Stephanie Martson (20th century)
“If there is nothing new on the earth, still the traveler always has a resource in the skies. They are constantly turning a new page to view. The wind sets the types on this blue ground, and the inquiring may always read a new truth there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)