Visual narratives with animal images

In this thesis titled Visual Narratives with Animal Images, first of all, a periodical research on the interaction between human and animal in the historical process has been conducted. How the process, which started with the domination of man over the animal, has changed with the ideas of thinkers who shaped the history of thought, has been examined through a detailed literature review. The concept of human and animal was expressed by analyzing the literary and visual works of the art historical process. After the visuals on the use of animal imagery in the period of civilizations, it was investigated how the human factor, which came to the fore with the Renaissance, changed the perspective on the animal. Examples of the use of animal imagery in works that came to the fore in the 19th century, a period of multifaceted expansions for artists, are evaluated in comparison with 20th century works, together with the conditions of the period and the manifestos of the artists. The use of animal imagery in art is a phenomenon that continues from cave paintings to the present day. In the works of artists, animal image is used in multifaceted expressions such as human rights, feminism, mythological elements, protection of natural life, politics, philosophy, animal rights, ecology. In this context, the use of animal and its image in different contexts in contemporary artworks has been researched in detail and included in the text by conducting a visual and literature review on the subject. In the last part of the thesis text, the works shaped with the image of writing are exemplified and expressed from the perspective of the subject.