Original scientific paper

Sarcophagus of Joan of Arc – ‘’Cult of Virgin’’ in Contemporary Art

Josip Zanki ; Odjel za izobrazbu učitelja i odgojitelja Sveučilišta u Zadru

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present and analyze the works of contemporary art, which refer to three archetypal characters: -the symbol of virgin, mother and prostitute. The authors Vera Mukhin, Cindy Sherman and Marina Abramović examine the relationship between the creator and art objects, through the relation between myth, tradition, ideology and gender determination. The authors Tomislav Buntak, Vladimir Dodig Trokut and Ivan Folić in their work take as a starting point the idealized images of sexuality and woman and they develop their work through different religious, traditional or popular and cultural matrices. The principle of transformation in contemporary art and relationships between the sacred and profane in different societies, cultures, ideologies and repressive systems are analyzed in these examples.

Keywords

art; virgin; myth

Hrčak ID:

107522

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/107522

Publication date:

15.9.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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