The codes in medieval art.

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The codes in medieval art.


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In the medieval art were many codes, and the only artist, who painted so-called cryptographical graphics was not Leonardo da Vinci. Many other artists made the hidden symbols in their paintings. And in that period the king was actually also the religious character. Actually, Leonardo da Vinci was the master of Renaissance art, and here I would write about Medieval art, what was made before Leonardo.

When we are talking about religious art, we are not asking a question, what that term actually means? The term "religious" art means that the painting was not allowed to change. In the medieval period, the only allowed type of art was religious art, and that meant that the character in the art was mentioned as the Jesus or some of the Saints. That would release the artist from the prosecution in the inquisition.

Sometimes we are facing the thing, that in the paintings were hidden some codes, and in some cases, there were instructions, how to recognize the member of the royal families, and also the marks of the other noblemen were hidden in the characters, what the artist was painted in the portrait. The pictures of royal people were also very important, that people would know, who was in charge.

And the second thing was that the portrait of the king was the warning, that somebody would tell that person things, what might cause troubles. sometimes the king or the character of the royal majesty is surrounded by the little birds, and that tells that the little birds would tell the king if somebody would speak about things, what the king should not know. The king was the ruler of the nation, and in the medieval period, that authority would come straight from God. That meant the king was actually one of the religious characters.

The character of the king was not ever very sharp, because some of them were made in the secrecy, and some were inaccurate for protecting some people. The idea was that the person, who uses the image for the recognition would look at the clothes of the man, who stood in front of the ambassador or some other person. Sometimes the king would walk around "incognito", and in those cases, the people should not know that person at all. So the marks in the clothes made the majesty.

The thing is that sometimes in the hand of the king is a small bird, and that bird was an extremely important thing because that tells that the king had the man, who covered his back. And that also meant that the king kept contact with supporters. Also, the image, what looks like steam, tells that the king is reporting to somebody, and that person would defend the king if something would happen.

Those steam-looking lines are seen in the painting of Valdemar IV Atterdag, what is above this text. That means that if somebody thought, that treating the king as a very good way to get benefit in the nation, that would cause a very big disappointment. The small hawk on the hand of the king meant, that this person would use contract killers and that thing was the warning, that everything that was spoken with the king should or bought to the place should leave in the palace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark

There were many symbols, what are hidden in those paintings, and one was the man, who ate under the roof. That meant that the noblemen should not tell to ordinary men and women anything about the parties, what was kept in the castle. Those things were kept outside the eye of the normal people, who would not like that kind of things. And that's why those things must be covered in the paintings, that the noblemen remember, what should not ask or talk in the wrong places.