ARTH 214 Lecture Notes - North Portal, Saskatchewan, Nasolabial Fold, Guild Of Saint Luke
28 Nov 2012
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Difficulty of depicting three dimensional images on a 2 dimensional surface: would create a pictorial space that was not mathematically accurate, but created empirical perspective using the senses to gain experiences about the natural world. Iconography: the subject matter and meaning: deices at the top three figures with god the father enthroned in the center aspects of the trinity as well. John the baptist to the left: apocalyptic vision of a sacrificial lamb on an altar. Symbolic representation of christ: different groups of different types of holy and religious groups. Shows all saints (a really important feast day when all the christian. They are congregating around an image of christ being sacrificed (the lamb) Kings (the magi) of the terrestrial world and will bow before christ. Hermits different approach to christianity where they isolate themselves in the wilderness and partake in fasting rituals (holy anorexia) and self-flagellation.
