SIGNIFICANCE AND MULTIPLE VALUES OF THE RHOMBUS IN TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN ART

Abstract

The purpose of the study is related to the identification and analysis of the significance and multiple
values of the rhombus in the Romanian art, considering from its frequent perpetuation in the traditional art.
Methodology. The study is founded by the application of direct-descriptive observation methods,
exploratory methods, structural, comparative, culturological-historical, artistic, inductive and deductive
analysis. The substantiation of the arguments was based on the multicriterial analysis of the bibliographic
sources of reference published on this subject.
Results. There were analyzed the interpretation of the subject in different bibliographical sources, analyzed
the approach of the Rhombus from the oldest sources that attest its presence both as a synthesis of the form and
as an ornamental element, there were analyzed the meanings attributed to the Rhombus as a representative
visual identity element, there were analyzed the ways of visual representation of the Rhombus and were
structured, it was observed and analyzed the presence of the Rhombus in the various pieces of interior textiles
Romanian.
Scientific novelty. The evaluation of the importance of the Rhombus for the intangible cultural
heritage, of the frequency of finding the Rhombus in the traditional art objects, the awareness regarding the
capitalization of this important element found in the traditional Romanian culture that denotes the
arguments of the spiritual aspirations of identity.
Practical significance. The practical importance is offered by the knowledge of the forms of
representation of the Rhombus and of the meanings it denotes in one interpretation or another constituting
reconnosable coded visual narratives. The paper presents the results of the study carried out within the State
Program 20.8009.0807.17 REVICULT "Education for the revitalization of the national cultural heritage
through the traditional processing technologies used in the Republic of Moldova, in the context of
multiculturalism, diversity and European integration".