Alle origini del simbolismo medievale
In the Middle Ages, the dimension of the imaginary often confu-sed the perception of reality with a process of abstraction. In this way, the representation of a cathedral could at the same time be the very idea of the cathedral. The imaginary was part of the field of representation not as sim-ple re...
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| Language: | English |
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Dipartimento di Comunicazione e Didattica dell'Arte
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Papireto |
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| Online Access: | https://papireto.accademiadipalermo.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Papireto-2-2023-pp-203-212.pdf |
| Summary: | In the Middle Ages, the dimension of the imaginary often confu-sed the perception of reality with a process of abstraction. In this way, the representation of a cathedral could at the same time be the very idea of the cathedral. The imaginary was part of the field of representation not as sim-ple reproduction but as the transposition of an internal dimension. In art, as in literature, real representations are often used to evoke imaginary con-cepts. The dimension of the imaginary was accompanied by that of the symbolic, which consisted in the reference of the object considered to an implied, historical and ideal system of values. |
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| ISSN: | 2974-668X |