Symbols And Symbol:European Medieval Religious Image Research

Abstract:In313AD, emperor Constantine’s edict of Milan, for plastic arts in medieval Europe to form a new aesthetic practical principle, use religious images to express the content of the painting,, draw the image content in the visual range, provides a field for the transmission of cultural values. There is no doubt that the art form which is under the influence of the religious right form has become our new research field. In this paper, the perspective of medieval religious images, the integrated use of literature review method, empirical analysis and method of image study to comprehensive interpretation of artistic thinking transformation, this paper is divided into six chapters altogether:The first chapter is the introduction introduces the medieval religious image of the selected topic reason, value analysis> research methods> Christian thought which was under repression firstly became spiritual leadership position. The image of the symbolic visual pleasure, transmission mechanism of the late art had a profound impact.The second chapter discusses the medieval religious images produced by the social basis, The spirit of eternal beauty of the object which was out from the real world was portray directly by artists, the image card caused a medieval art history of ideas, and western art history’s first case.The third chapter on religious image symbols, Medieval art is different from previous coverage of traditional aesthetic concepts formed on the surface, and it is on previous art with religious culture as the mainstream. First introduced the Plotinus、 Saint Augustine and Thomas Aquinas aesthetic point of view of religion, of the three philosophers next of image symbols and religious teachings to introduce works are analyzed.The fourth chapter illustrates the religious images and the relationship between the material carrier, Medieval art works, viewers can see how artists to the connotation of religious doctrine to Christians in the form of visual presentation, the image of reasonable ideas to deliver the teachings of the bible, translated into public common perception of the image so as to realize the communication between the Christians, let more mass to Christianity, become a new epistemology and reconstruct the culture ideology of western art history. Carrier material mainly displays in:Mosaic murals、icon painting、tapestry design、color glass painting、 manuscripts in the painting、metal ware、crafts, image using the line drawing symbols and figure painting symbol art gimmick, animals and plants、flowers and other pattern of life meaning, discusses the aesthetic language of complanation、decorative medieval religious images.The fifth chapter paraphrasing the concealment of religious image and symbolic meaning,perception of artists to create these with decorative symbol and a symbol of moral religious images, Profound religious spirit connotation in image processing and grasp the practice principle of religious image creation, change the function of the spread of European medieval religious image and aesthetic appreciation.The thesis chapter six discusses the social functions of religious image symbols and image symbols into a cultural commodity, spread to the public sight range, the Christians in the real world consciously use image to understand the doctrine of religion, to build the European medieval religious images, through symbols and symbolic technique characterization of its value and significance in cultural transmission.