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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(12), pp. 1033 - 1040
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051208
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Stripes between the Sacred and the Profane
Ljiljana Sto拧i膰 *
Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), Belgrade, Serbia
ABSTRACT
During the Renaissance, in the West, stripes gradually ceased to be used as a sign of the evil, sinful and negative. It was probably under the influence of the Crusades and vast epidemics of plague that striped patterns covering entire fabrics or only their borders to be perceived as an expression of constant movement and life, bearing previously unimaginable connotations of such concepts as ceremony, exoticism and freedom. What remains and persists to this day are the visual accent and the perceptual priority of striped patterns. The relationship between stripes and proscriptions and punishment, especially temporary exclusion from social life, is not coincidental. As kind of barrier, passage or protection from evil powers and diabolical creatures, stripes were early visualized as a warning, they became a kind of protection cages, and they have remained this, in the true sense of the word, to this day. Stripes always bring system and order into world of chaos, indicating the belonging to a particular zone, level or sphere and offering an opportunity for a hierarchical classification.
KEYWORDS
Stripes, Sacred and Profane, Byzantine Painting, Renaissance, Enlightenment, System and Order
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[1] Ljiljana Sto拧i膰 , "Stripes between the Sacred and the Profane," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 12, pp. 1033 - 1040, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051208.
(b). APA Format:
Ljiljana Sto拧i膰 (2017). Stripes between the Sacred and the Profane. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(12), 1033 - 1040. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051208.