The semiotic of light

The light is natural phenomenal that every day we can ascertain and that allow to us of to see, to distinguish and to recognize everything in fact when it isn’t we can’t make the actions above mentioned; but the light has also  a semiotic nature beyond the appearance; the light is  in the Holy Bible has the semiotic valor because in Isaiah(9-2) the text says: “The people that is walking in the dark, seen a great light…”naturally the explication is alone semiotic  or better it is theological, the light is salvation in the Christian semiotic, it is the Christ that is salvation of mankind that before his birth was saved from its sins, and saved from the dark. Always Isaiah(42-6) says: “ I the lord have called you in the justice, I have hold you by the hand and I have protected you. And I have wanted that you become make of peace of people, and the light of nations”, and same(49-6)I have made you light of people”, and: “You not is going to have the sun for the light of day…but God is going to be light eternal”. John evangelist(1-5) says: “And the light shines among the dark”, and the same(8-12): “Christ said to them, I am the light of word”, and the semiotic in this step is dominant: “Christ said them: the light is in you again for short time. Walk until you are going to have the light, so that the dark not catch you. The light is the faith and the salvation of word, why this assimilation? Simple because the enables of to have certain, inasmuch also to be secure by dangers or evil other.  In painting the light has other valor and it depends by the style of painter and the costumer, fro example:  in Venetian school the historical art men known that the color  is the first element, this is the intense colors that that Titian Vecellio(1488-1576) has used for his painting, as his master Giorgione(1477-1510), and thank to these two painter the Venetian school is identified through the color, but also the light the intense light that both Titian, Giorgione, Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516), Giovanni Antonio Canal(1697-1768), called Canaletto; and always for the painting the intense meaning has given from Caravaggio, this is Michelangelo Merisi called Caravaggio(1571-1610) that has showed the reality but with theology in, for example: the first version of saint Matthew(Fig.1) that everybody think is destroyed during the second world war(Fig.2) instead  it is in basin  of a museum of Moscow, because it was steeled from a soldier of red army during the year 1945; anyway  the light is very theology because the angel that leads  the hand and the same  saint are illuminated from God, the light is God; the light that illumines  saint Matthew in the call(Fig.2) and the sinner besides is other theological meaning, What is? Simple  that Christ is salvation for the saint and sinner that ignores Christ because he is counting the money. The light hence has much meaning and various representation to you the choice.

Alessandro Lusana  

 

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Fig.2