What does an art symbol mean?

Another important characteristic of the art symbol is its "organic nature". According to Lange, in a work of art, each component cannot leave this organic "structure" and exist independently, it is not like the language vocabulary, each word and phrase has its own meaning, all the words and phrases together constitute the meaning of the whole, the combination of words and phrases and the replacement of the more arbitrary, but also can be isolated to produce meaning (such as). idioms, proverbs, etc.). In artistic symbols, on the other hand, their components (elements) are always linked to the overall image and form a completely new creation. Although we can analyze the role of each of these components in the whole, they cannot individually give meaning to each of them apart from the whole. In a graphic analogy, Lange states, "Who can tell how much of the life of an organism in nature exists in its lungs and how much in its legs? If we add to it a tail that can be wagged, who can say how much life is added to it as a result? The artistic symbol is therefore a single sign whose meaning is not the sum of the meanings of the individual parts." For example, an organic component of a living thing, a piece of color in a painting, a piece of a building (such as a door or a window) loses its significance apart from the whole, and yet we can analyze the significance of each part and piece in this whole.