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- Title
WHY PUTTI?
- Authors
V. D. C.
- Abstract
The article discusses the significance and symbolism of putti in the traditional art of architecture paintings and photography showed in the House of Vitti in Pompeii. It is said that during the Renaissance, the putti was merely a figure used in architectural paintings and as an adorn to cartouches, while in 18th century they became famous as cupids or playful witnesses to various significant events. As it progress, putti became a symbolic figure of light or sun illuminating the art of architecture which can be seen in the works of François Boucher, William Hoggart and William Woollett. Meanwhile, in photography, putti was used as a symbolic figure of light which was associated with photography's gods, Mnemosyne and Phaeton.
- Subjects
CHERUBS (Art); ART &; photography; ARCHITECTURAL photography; ART &; architecture; PHOTOGRAPHY of painting; SYMBOLISM of light; SYMBOLISM in art; WOOLLETT, William, 1735-1785; POMPEII
- Publication
Image, 1971, Vol 14, Issue 3, p2
- ISSN
0536-5465
- Publication type
Article