What is the role art plays in society, art & design homework help

Art plays many roles in society. Here are a few: politics, community, spiritual belief, passage of time, beauty, gender and identity, science and the environment (see Part 5, Sayre) . One other role is to educate. With that in mind, answer the following, please.

What carries more information text or images?

We are nearing the anniversary of the end of World War I at the eleventh hour, eleventh day, the eleventh month, 1918.

An art installation at the Tower of London is honoring that event. The symbol of WWI, red poppies, commemorates the staggering number of British and colonial soldiers killed during the “Great War.”

So, please, follow the link and read and look at the images for yourself:

http://abc7news.com/news/stunning-red-poppy-display-honors-fallen-wwi-soldiers/377629/#gallery-7 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Or

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/poppies-at-the-tower-of-london/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Does reading the total number of soldiers lost or viewing the images of the red poppies representing them seem more impactful? Please state your thoughts. Do not look up your opinion on the internet.

Text or image? Why?

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