Effective war films use sound design as a core narrative tool. 'Saving Private Ryan' immerses the viewer in chaos with an overwhelming cacophony, while 'Das Boot' achieves a different dread through claustrophobic silence, punctuated only by the sounds of a submarine straining under pressure.

The most powerful audio ads don't just describe a product; they use sound to evoke a sensory experience. As with Coca-Cola's classic ad featuring a can opening and pouring over ice, specific sounds can create a vivid mental picture, making visuals unnecessary.

The painting's immense popularity elevated it to a national symbol, representing a specific, traditionalist, and rural vision of France known as "La France Profonde." Much like Scotland's "skating minister," it became an image through which the French saw themselves, shaping national self-perception.

Art is a mechanism for changing perception. It often makes audiences uncomfortable at first by introducing a novel idea or form. Over time, great art guides people from that initial discomfort to a new state of understanding, fundamentally altering how they see the world.

The painting depicts a Catholic prayer, making it a powerful symbol in post-Revolutionary France, where the role of the church was a major political issue. It wasn't a neutral religious scene but a statement within a national debate on identity, faith, and secularism.

An art expert's transformative experience with 'Las Meninas' was accidental; she visited the Prado museum without knowing the painting was there. This suggests that encountering great art without premeditation or expectation can lead to a more profound and personal emotional connection, stripped of academic or critical baggage.

'Las Meninas' was painted as Spain's "Golden Age" was waning. The painting's complex interplay between reality and illusion serves as a metaphor for the Spanish court's efforts to maintain a grand facade of power and stability, even as the empire's influence and wealth were diminishing.

The composition of Velázquez's masterpiece is designed to make the viewer feel as if they have just entered the room depicted. The subjects' direct gazes create a powerful illusion, transforming the passive act of viewing into an active, immersive experience where the observer becomes part of the narrative.

Dennis creates "paintings within paintings" to challenge perception. Inspired by Wile E. Coyote and a real-life museum experience, his work makes the viewer's interaction part of the art itself, creating a nested, self-aware narrative that questions the relationship between art and its audience.