Sic vita est
Visual Representation in Painting of the Conceptual Metaphor Life Is a Journey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4473618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F I M Poppi (0000-0002-0731-3099, Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural communication , Sechenov University , Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street 3A , Moscow 123242, Russian Federation, corresponding author), Peter Kravanja (KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 2019 |
| Issue | 230 |
| Pages | 541-566 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Semiotica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/sem-2018-0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2969390418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 49 |
This article analyzes how the conceptualization LIFE IS A JOURNEY is conveyed within a series of paintings ranging from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. While the previous research on visual metaphor generally aims to describe how the domains of metaphorical conceptualization interact or discusses the rhetorical effect that visual metaphor is able to induce, this article takes a historical perspective in order to identify the main conceptual aspects shared by the paintings under consideration. It is proposed that the concept of a JOURNEY is associated with a PURPOSIVE ACTIVITY that involves the start of the journey and its termination as two qualitatively different moments that are faced as a collective/shared experience and that are inspired by some human wish. This article also shows how the conceptual potential of metaphor tends to maintain a coherent representation although the paintings represent different historical sensitivities and artistic approaches
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive science · Conceptual metaphor · Conceptualization · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Painting · Perspective (graphical) · Representation (politics) · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Visual arts · Visual rhetoric · Categorization, perception, and language · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |