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The article traces the interpretation of Christian symbolism in the Middle Ages, analyzes the works of Dionysius the Areopagite, Saint Augustine, John of Damascus.

In the Middle Ages of Christian Europe, God is the Creator always in the center, and the symbols make it possible to know God, to spiritually touch it. Therefore, in the Middle Ages, symbolism develops in Christian art and architecture.

This way, color as an expressive instrument plays an important role in iconography. It helps to picture  main Bible themes with different paints. Without color it would be hard to imagine the figure of Christ,

Virgin Mary, apostles, evangelists, other saints and their religious being. Along with that the meaning of color is clearly defined.