The heart concept in the symbolic anatomy of the city

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  • Leonid Salmin Ural State University of Architecture and Art

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https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/76.2143

Keywords:

symbol, hierarchy, anthropomorphism, cultural code, archetypes, projection, culture, myth

Abstract

The article deals with a special symbolic discourse of the city, which is based on the anthropomorphization of its architectural and spatial body. “Anatomical” optics of both the city and the urbanized landscape as a whole has a long history and, while transforming, continues to determine the perception of the city and the region today. The most important place in the symbolic anatomy of the city is taken by the image of the heart. The article analyses the image of the heart as a key concept of anatomical symbolism in culture in general and in urban discourse in particular.

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Salmin, L. (2023). The heart concept in the symbolic anatomy of the city. Project Baikal, 20(76), 39–45. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/76.2143

Published

2023-07-17

Issue

No. 76 (2023): regions. peripheries and centres

Section

refereed articles

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