Symbol And Metamorphosis In The Visual Arts
Symbol And Metamorphosis In The Visual Arts

Summary/Abstract: The elaborate form whose content is structured through myth and symbol will endure in the dynamic context of development determined by the Space – Time unit. The research carried out has revealed the existence on the cultural level of a multitude of symbols in the artistic productions which started from the metamorphosis of form. In the workshop – the space of artistic rendition, volumes and the spectacular nature of visual expression are meant to support the implementation of the conclusions I reached, which is the concept of form metamorphosed three-dimensionally. Among the preliminary objectives I set out in my research of form metamorphosed in the visual arts, the following are essential: detailed observation of some aspects connected with visual metamorphosis of some elements of expressiveness in the 19th century and early 20th century; detailed interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary analysis of visual expression, of the spatial and temporal context in which it is metamorphosed by the creators, and of the concept of background; transgressive comparison of the change of aesthetic and stylistic benchmarks, starting right from the fundamental structuring of some elements of morphology which belong to the archetypes of form; highlighting the role and importance of myth in the construction of symbolic form; the assessment of the value of symbol in the transmission of visual message through the emblematic importance of form in a certain spatial and temporal context; looking into some reciprocities with regard to metamorphosis as a specific bivalent process determined by the stimulus of movement; vast approaches to visual metamorphoses of forms in the creations of some representatives of the trends and movements animated and supported by the artistic manifestations of the first half of the 20th century; adequate implementation and readaptation, through my own interpretation, of some consecrated sculptural concepts in the sphere of personal creation. I developed the platform of the research content through a relation to some benchmarks in the history of art, which I deemed relevant to the theme of my research. The journey into the ancestral spaces of some vanished civilizations brings about topics related to myths, archetypes and symbols, these being the foundations upon which the creators developed metamorphosed forms of most striking visual expressivenss in world culture. In the visual arts, metamorphosis implies a complex process. The concept manifesto, correlated with the surrealist view of language platforms working in a manner adapted to visual art dicourse: the knowledge of rendering the human figure, the landscape, the anatomic peculiarities of an animal or or the specifics of a building; transforming one form into another form; the transformation of the artist’s personality, which is determinig in the creation process; the involvement of temporality and spatiality; the reprise of concepts crystallized in the works of consecrated artists

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