ICONOGRAPHY OF PLATO IN ANTIQUITY AND IN MEDIEVAL ORTHODOX PAINTING
ICONOGRAPHY OF PLATO IN ANTIQUITY AND IN MEDIEVAL ORTHODOX PAINTING
Author(s): Daniil Dorofeev, Roman Svetlov, Mikhail I. Mikeshin, Marina A. VASILYEVASubject(s): Cultural history, History of Church(es), Visual Arts, Aesthetics, Ancient World, Middle Ages, 16th Century, 17th Century, Eastern Orthodoxy, History of Art
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Plato's iconography; Antiquity; medieval Orthodox churches; image aesthetics; visual history of philosophy and culture;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the topic of visualization, which is relevant for the modern world in general and scientific knowledge in particular, investigated through the image of Plato in Antiquity and in medieval Orthodox painting. Using the example of Plato’s iconography as a visual message, the authors want to show the great potential for the development of the visual history of philosophy, anthropology and culture in general, as well as the new visually oriented semiotics and semantics of the image. This approach reveals expressively and meaningfully its relevance for the study of Plato’s image, together with other ancient philosophers’ images, in Orthodox medieval churches in Greece, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and, of course, ancient Russia in the 15th-17th cc, allowing to see the great ancient Greek philosopher from a new perspective.
Journal: ΣΧΟΛΗ. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция
- Issue Year: XV/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 31-52
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English