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Icons as Maps

Author(s) -

Rostislava Todorova

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

eikon / imago

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2254-8718

DOI - 10.5209/eiko.73424

Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , natural (archaeology) , context (archaeology) , set (abstract data type) , universe , the symbolic , aesthetics , computer science , epistemology , art , philosophy , history , psychology , mathematics , archaeology , physics , astronomy , geometry , psychoanalysis , programming language

Although a comparison between Orthodox icons and geographic maps sounds like an extravagant idea, if we set them in a broader context, we will see that they are actually akin. Both, the Orthodox εικών and the medieval mappamundi are symbolic images that represent cosmological concepts, showing the essence and character of the Universe in images. They enable people to overcome their natural limitations and see what is invisible to their eyes.

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