Cultural codes in the iconography of St Nicholas (Santa Claus).
This paper examines some aspects of the cultural codes implied in the iconography of St Nicholas (Santa Claus). The argument posits the iconography of St Nicholas as a vessel for capturing meanings and accumulating them in the construction of public culture. The discussion begins from the earliest d...
| Publicado en: | Sign Systems Studies Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 105 - 145 |
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University of Tartu
2011
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| Sumario: | This paper examines some aspects of the cultural codes implied in the iconography of St Nicholas (Santa Claus). The argument posits the iconography of St Nicholas as a vessel for capturing meanings and accumulating them in the construction of public culture. The discussion begins from the earliest developments of the Christian era and proceeds to contemporary depictions (imagology). The study is conducted on the basis of a representative selection of renditions of Saint Nicholas, including 350 pictures of medieval representations (Western and Eastern Christianity), folk extensions and secular representations and it is theoretically grounded in the Tartu School of semiotics. Käesolev artikkel käsitleb mõningaid aspekte Püha Nikolause (Jõuluvana) ikonograafias rakenduvatest kultuurilistest koodidest. Väidan, et Püha Nikolaus on justkui anum, mis talletab ja kuhjab tähendusi avaliku kultuuri loomisel. Arutluskäik algab varastest arengusuundadest kristliku ajaarvamise alguses ning jõuab välja Püha Nikolause kaasaegsete kirjeldusteni (imagoloogia). Käesolev uurimus põhineb esinduslikul materjalikogul Püha Nikolause esitistest, mis sisaldab 350 keskaegset esitist (nii Lääne kui Ida kristlusest), folkloorset materjali, aga ka ilmalikke kujutisi, ning analüüsil tuginetakse Tartu koolkonna semiootikale. |
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