L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail

This paper considers the « mise en abyme » of what is traditionally called "ornaments" on a certain number of Attic vases: these are vegetal, animal, stellar motifs and even human figures, represented micrographically on luxury objects furnishing scenes of a varied nature. The discreet pre...

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Main Author: Nikolina Kei
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Language:fra
Published: Centre d´Histoire et Théorie des Arts 2020-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/8778
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description This paper considers the « mise en abyme » of what is traditionally called "ornaments" on a certain number of Attic vases: these are vegetal, animal, stellar motifs and even human figures, represented micrographically on luxury objects furnishing scenes of a varied nature. The discreet presence of these motifs, far from being superfluous, is dynamic : they operate as both ornaments and polyvalent signs. As ornaments, they convey the idea of variegation, brilliance, charm and movement, values which make vibrate not only the surface of the object they adorn but also the entire surface of the vase. As signs, they refer to the whole image, whether in the form of echo, repetition, intensification, extension, clarification or contrast. Aesthetic enjoyment thus goes hand in hand with intellectual pleasure, while the long-depreciated categories of "detail" and "ornament" are being proved to be particularly significant.
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spelling doaj-art-7b3d509b6c3843df91d1480a5bb6904e2025-08-20T02:34:04ZfraCentre d´Histoire et Théorie des ArtsImages Re-Vues1778-38012020-12-01910.4000/imagesrevues.8778L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détailNikolina KeiThis paper considers the « mise en abyme » of what is traditionally called "ornaments" on a certain number of Attic vases: these are vegetal, animal, stellar motifs and even human figures, represented micrographically on luxury objects furnishing scenes of a varied nature. The discreet presence of these motifs, far from being superfluous, is dynamic : they operate as both ornaments and polyvalent signs. As ornaments, they convey the idea of variegation, brilliance, charm and movement, values which make vibrate not only the surface of the object they adorn but also the entire surface of the vase. As signs, they refer to the whole image, whether in the form of echo, repetition, intensification, extension, clarification or contrast. Aesthetic enjoyment thus goes hand in hand with intellectual pleasure, while the long-depreciated categories of "detail" and "ornament" are being proved to be particularly significant.https://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/8778Attic vasesornamentskosmoscharispoikiliadaidalon
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L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail
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ornaments
kosmos
charis
poikilia
daidalon
title L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail
title_full L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail
title_fullStr L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail
title_full_unstemmed L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail
title_short L’« ornement » en abyme ou la sémantique du détail
title_sort l ornement en abyme ou la semantique du detail
topic Attic vases
ornaments
kosmos
charis
poikilia
daidalon
url https://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/8778
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