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Символната експресивност на линията, формата и цвета
Symbolic expressiveness of line, form and colоr

Author(s): Evdokia Christova-Slavcheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Psychology, Visual Arts, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: color symbolism; nonrepresentative drawings; emotional syndromes: feminist styles of expression

Summary/Abstract: The symbolic expressiveness of the line, form and color of non-representative drawings is investigated using „Division-and-coloring” and „Color symbolism” techniques (K. Murayama, 1995). Object of evaluation were 169 women aged Х=23,72SD=4,62(mean age X = 23,72 SD = 4,62).Factor analysis of the date from the evaluation of positive/negative connotation of verbal material was done. Five factorial structures were estimated which describes different syndromes: attachment, values, anger, anxiety and depression. Analysis of the lines, forms and colors formulated four different styles: „forms”, „balanced/warm”; „saturated-abstract/concrete-lineal” and „colorful spaces with angular forms”. The comparison between drawing’s styles and their verbal explanation shows a clear-cut tendency of concordance. Cluster analysis at the case level allows combinations of styles for expression of emotional complexes to be traced. Different types of non-representative drawings are painted, which depict the „faces” of the attachment, values, anger, anxiety and depression, representing feministic style of expression.