WREATH - ITS USE AND MEANING IN ANCIENT VISUAL CULTURE
WREATH - ITS USE AND MEANING IN ANCIENT VISUAL CULTURE
Author(s): Dragana Rogić, Jelena Anđelković Grašar, Emilija NikolićSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Centar za empirijska istraživanja religije (CEIR)
Keywords: Wreath; crown; laurel; palm; plants; symbolism; visual art; pagan; Christian triumph
Summary/Abstract: Wreath is one of frequently used motives, both in funerary and decorative arts. This paper addresses these two aspects. Primarily, the paper deals with the visual identity of this motif in painting, mosaic, sculpture and relief, its functions and meaning as a utilitarian object, but also in the wider symbolic context, as an instrument of sovereign ideology. The basic idea is in the interpretation of pagan and Christian symbolism of the wreath, and inheritance of the role it had during different periods of time, where its meaning has been retained up to the present. The question that paper opens is the transformation of wreath to the crown, namely the extent to which the crown from it was developed.
Journal: Religija i tolerancija
- Issue Year: 10/2012
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 341-357
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English