Metaphor in Orthodox Church Music
Metaphor in Orthodox Church Music

Summary/Abstract: The application of metaphor as a method requires a comprehensive knowledge of Christian art and transference of terminology. These associations in the synthesis of sacred art represent a self-enclosed, circular system in which transformations from acoustic into visual notions and vice-versa are manifest. It is no accident that every Christian denomination expresses the perception of the time-space continuum through polyphony; its multi-dimensional properties – in particular its use of several independent voices and rich array of techniques – create the most appropriate musical texture. Thus it became the actively applied language of metaphor. The techniques are standardized but their use is not. Metaphor is normally applied to deliver cataphatic theological knowledge. As a modern scientific method its contribution is mainly axiological and nominative.

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