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in lass today we loked at narrative in art. we learned about the most famous piece of artistic narrative, the bayeux tapestry. the tapestry is actually an embroided cloth which is around half a metre tall and stretch 70 metres in length. it is said to show the events leading up to a norman conquest into england in 1066. There are also many different types of narrative in art.

• Simultaneous Narrative
• Monoscenic Narrative
• Continuous Narrative
• Synoptic Narrative
• Panoptic Narrative
• Progressive Narrative
• Sequential Narrative

another very famous atyle of narrative that has been around since the late 19th century are the comic strips. It is said to have started in an american newspaper in new york with story called "the yellow kid".

we were also shown the "five senses" painted by Antoon Claeissens. the painting shows 5 females holding an object and with an animal nearby. the animals are symbolic to each of the senses as are the objects they hold.