It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we interpret symbols constantly, in the form of letters, ...
Art theorist, intellectual historian, and cultural scientist Aby M. Warburg mused: Was bedeutet es, sich im raum zu orientieren?, a physical and spiritual mouthful which roughly translates as, “What ...
Colors and symbols serve as fundamental components of human communication, shaping societal norms, individual perceptions, and cultural identities. They function as visual languages that transcend ...
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics may be over, but there’s already chatter about the next games. On Wednesday, Tokyo released the official mascots of the 2020 Summer Olympics: a pair of futuristic ...
In Seattle artist Catherine Eaton Skinner’s landscapes, sometimes the bindu makes all the difference. A bindu is the dot, not always red, seen in Hindu art and sometimes on people’s foreheads. It is, ...
The Red String of Fate, originating from East Asian folklore, symbolizes destined connections between individuals, often romantic, in anime. This invisible thread represents unbreakable bonds, ...