Take political buildings for example, they include a lot of Greek architecture - Classicism, an expression of power. The Greeks were one of the first to bring in democracy so their style of buildings have been used throughout history within politics. Barrack Obama had a picture with a US government building in the background. To some people this could just be used to emphasise that he is the President of the United States - that is denotation, yet the connotation is to show politics, power, government and democracy.
This is almost an extension of Communication Theory as a lot of it talks about semiotics and how we break down an image by using symbols to denote and connote. Using symbols within film, game and animation can be another way to convey ideas it can also be used within puzzle games as certain objects can lead to different things. It can be quite logical and if you know what the deeper meaning is you will be able to know the meaning of the whole image.
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