COLORS - THEIR MEANING AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH LIGHT, IN ICONOGRAPHY
COLORS - THEIR MEANING AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH LIGHT, IN ICONOGRAPHY
Author(s): Mihaela Alieta Mircea (Petrovan)Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Aesthetics, History of Religion, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: light; colors; iconography; icon; white; red; blue; green; black; dark;
Summary/Abstract: Light par excellence defines the diaphanous world of divinity, while color was used to shine, to shine, in the chromatic palette of the Byzantines, among the colors gold occupying a special place. The shape is despised in the icon and the drawing is not realistic, but only schematic, abstract, the main place being given to light and brightness of colors, which announces the direction and approach to the invisible world. The main feature of the icon, regarding the relationship between color and light, especially gold, is expressed in the first Ennead .: „All the beauty of color and sunlight. And how does gold become a beautiful thing? And the illumination of the night and the stars, how are they so clear?” The beauty of colors is a result of unification, deriving from form, from the conquest of darkness intrinsic to matter, from the filling of light.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 1141-1148
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Romanian