<u><em>Meaning of context and elements that affect it consists of the interrelated social and political conditions that surround a work of art. It includes factors such as historical events, economic trends, contemporary cultural developments, religious attitudes, other artworks of the time, etc.</em></u>
The content of art is conveyed in three ways which are: 1) subject matter 2) symbolic or iconographic references that go beyond the subject matter 3) by studying the written materials and cultural background that explain the artwork's content.
