Since the Bible is regarded as the most important source of Christian iconography and iconography in return is the visual interpretation of the Bible, the relationship between Christian iconography and biblical interpretation is noteworthy. In some cases this relationship is such that the visual representation is actively involved in the interpretation of the biblical text and is...

algebra we learn ed . The visual algebraic components of Warlpiri iconography are obvious. We have a finite set of symbols and the symbols may becombined to make more complex struc tu res accord ing to a finite set of ru les. Compare this to the formation of equations in college algebra where the letters x and y, the in tegers 2 and 3, and the symbols =, + : , and " combine to make the complex ...

The lion-bull iconography during the Achaemenian period of ancient Persia has generated different theories of astronomicaland seasonal events besides the suggestions that it could be the symbol of the time cycle of the day, with lion representingthe sun and bull the night. However, the present paper draws the reader’s attention to the hitherto unexplored angle ofzoology to understand physiognom...

and Middle Formative (ca. 1200-500 B.C.) Olmec symbol system is the focus of the present study.1 We have identified a series of symbols in largeand small-scale stone objects and ceramics representing perforators and a zoomorphic supernatural associated with bloodletting. While aspects of this iconography are comparable to later Classic Lowland Maya iconography of bloodletting, its deployment in...

In the recent years the East-Christian iconographical art works have been digitized providing a large volume of data. The need for effective classification, indexing and retrieval of iconography repositories was the motivation of the design and development of a systemized ontological structure for description of iconographical art objects. This paper presents the ontology of the East-Christian ...

In this paper I will introduce a vernacular emblem, a copper peacock with an open tail which resembles the form of hand and a tiny miniature sculpture of lion, adjacent to the peacock feet. This sacred Shi’it item consists of symbols which have always been presented during Muharram rituals, conveying a number of iconography connotations. Comparison this figure with other&nb...

aughty, sharp-tongued, self-assured, unbearably self-sufficient, stingy, and violent beyond measure , " is how Georges de La Tour was described by his contemporaries. Municipal records confirm that he refused to pay his share to feed the hungry during times of famine. He assaulted an officer, beat a peasant, and made himself obnoxious to everyone by " sending his dogs after hare into the standi...