Alle origini del simbolismo medievale

Abstract

In the Middle Ages, the dimension of the imaginary often confu-sed the perception of reality with a process of abstraction. In this way, the representation of a cathedral could at the same time be the very idea of the cathedral. The imaginary was part of the field of representation not as sim-ple reproduction but as the transposition of an internal dimension. In art, as in literature, real representations are often used to evoke imaginary con-cepts. The dimension of the imaginary was accompanied by that of the symbolic, which consisted in the reference of the object considered to an implied, historical and ideal system of values.

Keywords

• medioevo
• simbolismo
• iconografia