Below is a glossary article post in the category N which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Narrative based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Narrative
So, what is actually meant by Narrative?
Narrative art is an art that tells a story.
Explanation of Narrative
Narration is just a story. Narrative art is an art that tells a story. Most of the western arts until the twentieth century became a narrative, describing stories from religion, myths and legends, history and literature (see historical paintings). The audience is considered accustomed to the story in question.
From around the seventeenth century genre, paintings show scenes and narratives of daily life. In the time of Victoria, narrative paintings of daily life subjects became very popular and were often considered as the category itself (eg Victoria narrative paintings).
In modern art, formalist ideas have resulted in the preferred narrative. However, the reference code for political or social problems, or events in the life of the artist is still normal. Such works effectively are modern allegations and generally need information from artists to be fully understood. The most famous example of this is Guernica Pablo Picasso.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix N, as well as terms associated with N.
Meaning of Narrative in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Narrative.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Cerita (Indonesian), Narasi (Java), and Naratif in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Naratif.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Narrative.
Hopefully this article post that we have shared can be useful and can broaden our insight and literacy, especially in Art.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix N. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=narrative
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=narrative
- View example images of narrative through Google here
- View example images of narrative on Bing here
- View example images of narrative on Yandex here
