prefiguration

(noun)

A vague advance representation or suggestion of something.

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Examples of prefiguration in the following topics:

  • Wiligelmo and Other Forms of Architecture

    • Many of the smaller sculptural works, particularly capitals, are Biblical in subject and include scenes of creation and the fall of man, episodes from the life of Christ and those Old Testament scenes that prefigure his death and resurrection, such as Jonah and the whale and Daniel in the lions' den.

  • The Development of Abstract Expressionism

    • His works, such as The Liver is the Cock's Comb, The Betrothal II, and One Year the Milkweed, immediately prefigured abstract expressionism.

  • Painting in the Middle Byzantine Empire

    • The compassion and humanity between the characters prefigures the emotional Late Byzantine style of the next two centuries.

  • Lagash and the Third Dynasty of Ur

    • It prefigures the famous codex of Hammurabi in its prologue and bodily structure.

  • Block Books

    • Each group of images is dedicated to one event from the Gospels, which is accompanied by two slightly smaller pictures of Old Testament events that prefigure the central one, according to belief of medieval theologians.

  • Romanesque Sculpture

    • A great variety of themes are found on capitals of buildings and include scenes of Creation and the Fall of Man, episodes from the life of Christ, and Old Testament scenes which prefigure his Death and Resurrection, such as Jonah and the Whale and Daniel in the lions' den.

  • Icon Painting in Byzantine Russia

    • The scene, which focuses on the three angels, is full of symbolism that focuses on the mystery of the Holy Trinity and the prefiguration of salvation.

  • The Chora Church in Constantinople

    • The mosaics found in the narthices of the Chora Church also depict scenes of the lives of the Virgin and Christ, while other scenes depict Old Testament stories that prefigure the Salavation.

  • Early Christian Art

    • Later, personified symbols were used, including Jonah, whose three days in the belly of the whale prefigured the interval between the death and resurrection of Jesus, Daniel in the lion's den, or Orpheus charming the animals.