The Image In The Mirror Of

The middle ages is a very special period which seems secret. All the things in this period can be closely related with Christianity. Religion piety, desire for god become the persistant spirit in people’s lives. Medieval art highlights the spirit in order to unveil the secret.The whole medieval art almostly pointed to the same aim——express god’s concept. It pays close attention to how to express intention most clearly and economically and to service for the widespread faith. The idea of god can be disclosed by various art language. Nearly every back of image conceals profound meaning. Therefore medieval art is first a kind of symbolistic art, its form only uses for conveying faith. For this reason, its aim can be different from the aim during the period of Greek and Rome. It is about to start the new journey of art. The importance of painting content is in order to touch the power behind which to evoke emotion and the profound meaning which is related to unity and reality of surpassing time and space. Idea leans on image. Visual inclination dominates in the process which the people in the middle ages know the world. All the thinking things can be converted to plastic art and image art. This is the real creation and specificity of the middle ages.What makes the change of this concept, theology and aesthetics are very important and so is the use of image. The unique angle for cognizing world builded in the middle ages helps people to grasp the secret things by image. Almost all images can find their corresponding positions, in order to form a great all-inclusive spiritual symbolic system. So how to know the charm of medieval art is to study its symbolic system.In short, the reason and the significance of the task lie in the profound meaning of medieval art and its unique concept and creation, and also its influence for the present time.