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About Images of Body and Story

Images of the body conveys a message. The message it conveys differs depending on the time it was created in, its purpose, form and medium.

While some of the images of the body in this archive are simple diagrams and measurement systems to inform the viewer, some are the images of the revolution that were used for throwing off governments.

There are two main classification systems in this archive:

— The first classification system divides the images into three main categories as Literal, Semi—Literal and Metaphorical. Some images are clear and directly communicates the idea with a literal manner while some have a bigger picture behind it.

— Second classification groups the images in sub—categories according to their purpose of creation and the type of message it is trying to convey.

At the same time, the images are ordered chronologically in their own sections to show how the idea of the images convey change over time. For instance, the image of the hand evolves from a simple way to say “I was here”, to a measurement system that we still use today, to becoming the symbol of the leftist movement.