Fall: Some Inspiration/Interpretations

Just some photos that popped into my head when we were given the word fall as our second word of four to interpret for Visual Literacy:

This is an engraving by Gustave Dore. It is one of many he did as illustrations for the book 'Paradise Lost', written by John Milton. It depicts Lucifers fall from Heaven after being cast down by God for leading the rebellion of the angels.  I really like Dore's work, and looked into him extensively for one of my IB HL Visual Art projects, and this piece is one that stuck in my head. If you like pretty epic and bad ass illustrations of God killing sea monsters and other such crazy shit, Dore is your man. He did tons of illustrations and pieces based on or for famous myths, legends and literature. (His work for Dante's Inferno is awesome as well.)

This is a photo I thought of when I heard the word fall:

I think this shot epitomises quite well Gordon Brown's fall from grace (it's the moment he got called up for calling that old lady a bigot, for anyone that doesn't recognise it), which fits in with the word fall. I quite like pushing the envelope with these tasks, or finding odd/unusual ways of interpreting them. I found it rather difficult with curiosity without resorting to soft core porn, but fall seems much easier to dick around with, because to be frank, I quite struggled to generate ideas for curiosity, but seem to be doing alright for fall.

And just because I can because it fits within the word catagory, and Die Hard deserves referencing at any available opportunity, Hans Gruber falling off a sky scraper: