Al di qua del bene e del male. Strutture (spaziali) elementari nella rappresentazione iconica del bene e del male

Authors

  • Domenico Secondulfo <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span>Dipartimento di Scienze Umane<br /> Università di Verona </span></p> </div> </div> </div>

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13129/2281-8138/2017.0.38-56

Keywords:

Space, Representation, Good and Evil, Symbol, Iconography

Abstract

This side of good and evil. Elementary (space) structures in the iconic representation of good and evil. This paper proposes the application of some space structures to the symbolic understanding of the iconographic representations of good and evil. Spatial structures are taken from both ethology and proxemics. The author proposes its application to the symbolic characterization of good and evil in the iconographic representation of Western culture, particularly within the cultural space of the Christian religion. Some pictures depicting universal judgment and some images from recent production and the world of cartoons are analyzed. 

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2017-07-12

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No. 9 (2017): Imaginary of the Evil

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