Arta heraldică. Repere teoretice
Heraldic art. Theoretical aspects

Summary/Abstract: In the age of living heraldry, the notion of „heraldic art” covered the profession of theherald in all its manifestations related to coats of arms. Later, two other meanings were added: „the artof composing a coat of arms” and „the art of drawing a coat of arms”. After explaining the three meanings,the author follows the evolution of heraldry as an applied art in Europe, the limits imposed onartistic creation by the science of heraldry, the material on which the concrete image is made and theartist’s working tools. With reference to the Romanian heraldic art, it is shown that it was present in theRomanian space since the origins of Romanian States and was synchronized with the models and thefashion of the time from the countries with organized heraldic institutions, with which the Romanianshad political, economic or cultural contacts. After the state unification of the Romanians, the premisesfor the appearance of a national school of heraldry were created: first on the scientific segment, andfrom the second half of the twentieth century on the artistic one.

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