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M E A N I N G. M E A N I N G ideas and values attached to particular images and objects. Govert Flinck, “Marcus Curius Dentatus Preferring Turnips to Gold,” 1656. Three Layers of Meaning (according to Erwin Panofsky): Pre-iconographic (description with common human knowledge)
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M E A N I N G ideas and values attached to particular images and objects
Govert Flinck,“Marcus Curius Dentatus Preferring Turnips to Gold,” 1656
Three Layers of Meaning(according to Erwin Panofsky): • Pre-iconographic(description with common human knowledge) • Iconographic(description with knowledge of the culture the work comes from – who, when, where, what - which story is depicted?) • Iconological(what is the specific meaning of the work in this particular case – its “message” ?)
“Rig-Veda” (collection of Hindu myths), 1665 Anonymous,“Dancing Shiva,” 12th century
Source: Oral tradition Anonymous, Karagöz and Hacivat
ATTRIBUTE An object that helps to identify a historical or fictional figure depicted in a work of art
“Gaffur” from the Turkish television seriesAvrupa Yakası, 2006
Three Layers of Meaning(according to Erwin Panofsky): • Pre-iconographic(description with common human knowledge) • Iconographic(description with knowledge of the culture the work comes from – who, when, where, what - which story is depicted?) • Iconological(what is the specific meaning of the work in this particular case – its “message” ?)
LEVELS OF INTERPRETATION • Pre-iconographic (General Human knowledge): man with a striped jacket and trousers of the same fabric • Iconographic (Culturally informed knowledge): Pyjama’s, once fashionable in Turkey (ca. 1960’s), now outdated • Iconological (specific meaning of the work):Why did the script writer use this costume? worn by Gaffur not only at home, but also in other peoples’ appartments > doesn’t know how to behave > comical effect
Pieter de Hooch, “Conference Room in the Amsterdam Town Hall,” 1661
a typicalRoman Forum Jacob van Campen,“Citizen’s Hall” in Amsterdam Town Hall, 1655
Artus Quellinus, “The Continents Honoring Amsterdam,”Amsterdam Town Hall, 1655
= the dominance of Amsterdam over the whole world = the spreading of the Catholic church around the world
Hale Tenger, I know people like this II, 1992