| Title |
A Study on the Expressional Characteristics of Iconography in Modern Church Architecture |
| Keywords |
Church Architecture ; Iconography ; Symbol ; Expressional Characteristics |
| Abstract |
The study is intended to clarify the ideologies and principles applied to the formative expression of church architecture which is contained both the God and human.
Iconography as the relation between described target and the meaning as meaning analysis especially emphasized since the religious reason in religious art. Iconography is the area of discussing rules and habits and involved in the pieces of transition from the piece of experience obtained by sensing to the one of the ethical structure.
N. L. Prak who apply meaning theory of E. Panofsky who distinguish between iconography and iconology clear relation of mental foundation which characteristics of shape of art and its concretion in architecture categorized the shape of meaning in three steps. Among them, conscious symbol and unconscious symbol correspond to iconography and iconology of Panofsky respectively. The symbol is mainly showed in religious architecture and is not related to simple practical architecture. Such symbol system can be important discussion objects in modern church architecture and necessary expressional system for expressional characteristics. |