THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN
The Biblical poems by Sergei Yesenin are full of pathos of theurgic reforms and creation of a new world. All components of these poems (images, spatial-temporal organization, colour symbolics) stressed the importance of ongoing changes. The colours in small poems not only correspond to normal na...
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| description | The Biblical poems by Sergei Yesenin are full of pathos of
theurgic reforms and creation of a new world. All components of these poems
(images, spatial-temporal organization, colour symbolics) stressed the
importance of ongoing changes. The colours in small poems not only
correspond to normal natural colours, but also bear a symbolic meaning,
drawing the reader to the iconographic mysticism. The colourful preferences
correspond to the tradition (of the Old or New Testaments, iconography or
liturgy, as well as scenic tradition), which Yesenin follows in his poetry.
Creating images of cosmic transformation, the poet turns to the traditional
icon colour combinations and reinterprets the Old and New Testaments
images. It puts the cases of prophet Sergei Yesenin in line with the acts of the
biblical prophets. All poems in their colour scheme are consistent with
iconographic tradition. In these poems three basic colours are used which
repeat the colours of thematically close icons. So, Th e Coming is coloristically
associated with the icon of the Nativity, The Transfiguration corresponds to
the eponymous icon of Christ. The colours show the relationship and the
parallelism of the processes occurring in earthly and heavenly worlds. It
emphasizes the unity of the poetic world, the engagement of the Earth and
the Heaven in the conversion process. The consideration of Yesenin’s
revolutionary epic in line with biblical and iconographic symbolism allows
analyzing in a more detailed and deep way originality of poetic recreation of
the World and enables to reveal philosophical and esoteric content of the
works. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0403abe437a74aa3a061d2b4ec1886e22022-12-21T23:13:47ZrusPetrozavodsk State UniversityПроблемы исторической поэтики1026-94791026-94792014-11-0112945547010.15393/j9.art.2014.757THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENINNatalia Vladimirovna Mikhalenko0Natalia Vladimirovna MikhalenkoThe Biblical poems by Sergei Yesenin are full of pathos of theurgic reforms and creation of a new world. All components of these poems (images, spatial-temporal organization, colour symbolics) stressed the importance of ongoing changes. The colours in small poems not only correspond to normal natural colours, but also bear a symbolic meaning, drawing the reader to the iconographic mysticism. The colourful preferences correspond to the tradition (of the Old or New Testaments, iconography or liturgy, as well as scenic tradition), which Yesenin follows in his poetry. Creating images of cosmic transformation, the poet turns to the traditional icon colour combinations and reinterprets the Old and New Testaments images. It puts the cases of prophet Sergei Yesenin in line with the acts of the biblical prophets. All poems in their colour scheme are consistent with iconographic tradition. In these poems three basic colours are used which repeat the colours of thematically close icons. So, Th e Coming is coloristically associated with the icon of the Nativity, The Transfiguration corresponds to the eponymous icon of Christ. The colours show the relationship and the parallelism of the processes occurring in earthly and heavenly worlds. It emphasizes the unity of the poetic world, the engagement of the Earth and the Heaven in the conversion process. The consideration of Yesenin’s revolutionary epic in line with biblical and iconographic symbolism allows analyzing in a more detailed and deep way originality of poetic recreation of the World and enables to reveal philosophical and esoteric content of the works.http://poetica.pro/files/redaktor_pdf/1429702432.pdfсolour symbolism of iconographybiblical poems by Sergei Yeseniniconographic symbolism of Sergei Esenin |
| spellingShingle | Natalia Vladimirovna Mikhalenko THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN Проблемы исторической поэтики сolour symbolism of iconography biblical poems by Sergei Yesenin iconographic symbolism of Sergei Esenin |
| title | THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN |
| title_full | THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN |
| title_fullStr | THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN |
| title_short | THE ICONOGRAPHIC COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN BIBLICAL POEMS BY SERGEI YESENIN |
| title_sort | iconographic colour symbolism in biblical poems by sergei yesenin |
| topic | сolour symbolism of iconography biblical poems by Sergei Yesenin iconographic symbolism of Sergei Esenin |
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