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THE METAPHYSICS OF ART: PLATONIC MOTIFS IN “ICONOSTASIS” BY P. FLORENSKY
- Authors: Florensky I.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Issue: No 8(889) (2024)
- Pages: 165-172
- Section: Cultural studies
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2542-2197/article/view/298741
- ID: 298741
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Abstract
The article examines the work of P. Florensky “Iconostasis”. A comparative analysis of the views of Father Pavel and Plato on issues of philosophy of fine art is carried out. Such concepts as cult, culture, icon and symbol in Florensky’s philosophical system are considered. The moral aspect is defined as the most important in the processes of cognition and creativity. The paradigm of art history built by Florensky is analyzed, in which the spiritual vector of human activity becomes the cornerstone. Russian icon painting of the 14th-15th centuries is recognized as the highest achievement of spiritual and visual culture. The Renaissance period is defined as a departure from cult and the establishment of a vector towards secularization.
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Ivan Vasilyevich Florensky
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Email: fiw93@mail.ru
Post-Graduate Student the Faculty of Philosophy Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian FederationReferences
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