ICONOSOPHY. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLOUR THEORY AND ICONOGRAPHY (GOETHE AND TURNER. THE LABYRINTH OF WORD AND LIGHT)

• Authors: Ricardo Pinero Moral , Yvonne Dohna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article argues that from a theoretical and philosophical point of view we must see colour as having an independent and autonomous language, which is essential for the interpretation of a work of art. The first part discusses the limits of the method of iconography, and the role of perception. The second part unveils the general meaning of the rhetoric of colour. The last part applies the theoretical observations to a specific work of art, Turners’ “Light and Colour (Goethe’s theory) – the Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of the Genesis” interpreted through Goethe’s theory of colour.

Keywords

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ICONOGRAPHY; WORK OF ART; COLOUR THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION; GOETHE; TURNER

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 222-251

Contributors

author

Ricardo Pinero Moral

• Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain

author

Yvonne Dohna