MUSI 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Minotaur, Ostern, Renaissance Art
25 May 2016
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In renaissance painting, generally a man that is armed would be stabbing something evil. Pasiphae + white bull = minotaur! (half man half bull) Daedalus (inventor) commissioned to make maze for minotaur. Theseus kills minotaur with help of ariadne"s magic yarn. Ancient mazes as home security systems (labyrinth = maze) Mazes all over ancient greece and rome. Located: at the door to a home. Labyrinthus: hic habitat minotaurus, labyrinth: here lives the minotaur! . Always located at the western entrance to the church. Christian confronted with maze upon entry: labyrinth / labor intus (labour inward) Goal to move eastward (i. e. towards christ: eastern / ostern , symbolic. Minotaur = devil, hell, death; consumes spirits of humans. Thread = divine path, lifeline of salvation. Maze = purgatory/ spiritual darkness/ evil/ symbol of imprisonment in demonic zone. Center of maze: holy city of jerusalem (salvation) I am the beginning, the end, he who was once dead is now alive .
