Symbolism in Art: Geometrical shapes
As centuries passed, a language of symbols developed so that artists could tell stories with deeper and more intricate emphasis, instantly understandable for an audience which did not always share the same spoken language and which was often illiterate.
Ascribing symbolic and sacred meaning to certain geometric shapes and proportions has been in used since ancient times, across many cultures. Even though many of these symbols are still in use today, modern audiences have lost the ability to recognize and read them. In this lecture we will discuss shapes which have played an important role in European arts.
Speaker Bio:
Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff read Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam before returning to university to do an MA in Netherlandish Art at the Courtauld in London. Organizing and presenting live, online, and recorded cultural events for her own organisation Art Historical London, she also partners with other interesting platforms across the globe. She is passionate about educational causes and supports a number in her free time. Always on the move Mariska splits her time between Amsterdam and London.
Curated & Hosted by:
Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand is a Norwegian lecturer with a master degree in language, culture and literature from the University of Oslo and Linnaeus University. She has been lecturing and teaching various subjects since 1998. Her field of interest and main focus has always been topics that others have considered strange, eccentric and eerie, and she has specialised in a variety of dark subjects linked to folklore, mythology and Victorian traditions and medicine. Her students often point out her thorough knowledge about the subjects she is teaching, in addition to her charismatic appearance. She refers to herself as a performance lecturer and always gives her audience an outstanding experience
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