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THE SHROUD OF TURIN AND THE DIALECTIC OF LIGHT: ICONOPHOTOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE IMAGE , Jack Brandão

O SUDÁRIO DE TURIM E A DIALÉTICA DA LUZ: FUNDAMENTOS ICONOFOTOLÓGICOS DA IMAGEM

This essay presents an iconophotological interpretation of the Shroud of Turin, integrating philosophical foundations of light, image theory, and the physicochemical principles behind both analog and digital photographic processes. Tracing from the luminous ideas of Plotinus and Dionysius the Areopagite to Heidegger’s phenomenology, the insights of Flusser, and the historically anachronic, survival-focused perspectives of Didi-Huberman, it is shown that the sindonic image does not adhere to any artistic or pictorial logic – given the lack of pigments, brushstrokes, or technical devices – and its three-dimensional structure challenges any consistent hypothesis of medieval production. Therefore, the Shroud can be viewed as a liminal symbol between the visible and the invisible, where light acts as the physical trace of a presence, surpassing the boundaries of art, science, and faith.              

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