AQUATIC SYMBOLISM AND FEMALE FORM - REPRESENTATIONS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
AQUATIC SYMBOLISM AND FEMALE FORM - REPRESENTATIONS IN THE VISUAL ARTS

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to identify from the multitude of visible signs that nature creates, water as life-generating symbol, in close connection with the anatomy and feminine form. Thus, in “Picturesque and melancholy”, Andrei Pleşu says the following: “Before being visually interesting, nature has been, since early Antiquity, extremely stimulating in allegorical terms. Before it was a landscape, it was, (the nature) therefore, a character; and "always a female character." The earth and the water, the moon and the woman, the night and the shell, for example, are as many symbolic elements as man has managed to identify from the multitude of visible signs that nature creates. At the same time, however, man felt the need to categorize these forms, seeking to group them and thus better understand their meaning and mystery. Different eras and cultures have given rise to various theories related to the feminine form and nature.

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