Color Semantics of the Cultural Landscape

A cultural landscape is the result of a continuous interaction between surrounding natural and culture. Meanings, symbols, codes culture are an integral part it. This paper review publications on current research over past 20 years. The aim to analyze existing practices, which based factual evidence theoretical foundations, using interdisciplinary approach, in order come closer sufficiently holistic understanding coloristic semantics landscape. Such analysis disparate studies allows for first time correlation different types landscapes (urban, rural, gardens, parks) signifier functions performed them by color—signals, indices, iconic models, conventional signs or zero, empty signs. author analyzes difference chromatic achromatic colors explores chromodynamics, namely, creating first-ever classification meanings color foci various durations—from days decades. Color loci continuously communicating landscape, field constant “cultural explosion”, where traditional transmitted new generated. comes conclusion that symbolism “landscape-as-text” containing certain information—“messages” itself. In these messages, has sacral, temporal, historical semantics, thus extended semantic frame reproduction codes.