The content analysis is a system, a methodology, that is used to determine and analyze the content in communication through various of media such as magazines, television, paintings, books, and others. It is using a scientific method to determine, test, and analyze messages for the purpose of understanding social behavior of popular culture and how the presented media affects it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admonitions_Scroll
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1. World location
2. Age of those depicted
3. Surroundings of people photographed
4. Activity level of main foreground people
5. Activity type of main foreground figures
1. The world location is China and was observed in all of the given images – 100%
2. The age of the figures that are present on the paintings varies from age 30 to 85. Figures of 30 years of age presented in 10% out of 10 paintings; 35 years old in 85% out of 10 paintings and 85 years old in 5% of the paintings respectively.
3. The surrounding was clearly portrayed in 4 four pictures out of 10 and is indeed resemble the nature. The other 6 has neutral surroundings defined mostly by colors or the paper.
4. The activity level of main foreground people were observed in the pictures and can be described as a passive, calm, and spiritual state. It varies from 20% to 85%.
5. The conversation between groups of people was present in 2 out of 10 paintings and is therefore are 20%. The other 50% were figure posing. The rest 30% were meditative.
The overall activity was observed in all of the pictures provided. It varies on the complexity and load of the foreground figures and how they interact within the image. The most activity was found where the characters communicated with each other on the pictures 1 and 10. The least amount of activity was found in the image that has one character and almost none of the emotional load.
As it is seen in the chart above, the average age of those depicted is 35. About 85 percent of the total portrayed figures are in that age group. The youngest character in the artwork number 3 is 30 years old.