Lecture - Viscom - Rhetoric of Images

Images and symbols can have an incredible amount of power and influence in creating messages (however subtly) for Images of important political buildings are photographed behind politicians to promote power.

I'm reminded of the use spirals and rounded shapes in Pan's Labyrinth, the subtle use of this imagery causes the 'fantasy' elements to seem natural , reassembling the twirl of the horns of the faun etc, and therefore showing the 'real' world, of hard edges etc, to seem brutal in comparison. The knotted tree too, is also meant to have layers of meaning, reassembling a womb, warmth and childhood.