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Pensamiento y lectura tipológica de las imágenes románicas. El caso de la iconografía de Daniel en el foso de los leones
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[spa] La visión neoplatónica de algunos autores medievales pone de manifiesto la necesidad, en la mentalidad de las élites religiosas del momento, de estimular, de capacitar, de educar al hom- bre para alcanzar las verdades que defiende la Iglesia y el importante papel que en ello tienen las imágenes, por cuanto son un reflejo de una belleza superior. En este trabajo se trata de este camino de adoctrinamiento y dirección del pensamiento de las gentes mediante las imágenes, vinculándolo a los cuatro sentidos de lectura tipológica de las Escrituras, los cuales, aplicados a las imágenes, pueden ser considerados como un camino de múltiples etapas e intenciones adaptado a diferentes destinatarios en función de sus características y capacidades y de los intereses de la propia Iglesia. En toda la comunicación se acude al ejemplo de la iconografía de la condena de Daniel en el foso de los leones.
[eng] Neoplatonic view of some medieval authors reveals how the religious elites felf the need for stimulating, preparing and educating the man to reach the Truth defended by the Church. They were aware of how images could play an important role, insofar as they are a reflection of an above beauty. In this paper, we propose a link between this way of indoctrination by the images and the Four Sens of Scripture in the Romanesque period. Four Sens of Scripture, applied to images, could be considered as a path with many stages and intentions, fit to a variety of target persons with their own caracteristics and capabilities, and, also, adapted to the Church interests. We refer to Daniel in the lion's den iconography as an example of all this approach.
[eng] Neoplatonic view of some medieval authors reveals how the religious elites felf the need for stimulating, preparing and educating the man to reach the Truth defended by the Church. They were aware of how images could play an important role, insofar as they are a reflection of an above beauty. In this paper, we propose a link between this way of indoctrination by the images and the Four Sens of Scripture in the Romanesque period. Four Sens of Scripture, applied to images, could be considered as a path with many stages and intentions, fit to a variety of target persons with their own caracteristics and capabilities, and, also, adapted to the Church interests. We refer to Daniel in the lion's den iconography as an example of all this approach.
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OLAÑETA MOLINA, Juan Antonio. Pensamiento y lectura tipológica de las imágenes románicas. El caso de la iconografía de Daniel en el foso de los leones. Codex Aquilarensis. Revista de Arte Medieval. Cuadernos de investigación del Monasterio de Santa María la Real.. 2011. Vol. 27, num. 93-107. ISSN 0214-896X. [consulted: 13 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/168146