Abstract
This paper presents a sociodynamic investigation of doors as boundary in 20th century painting. Within a phenomenological perspective, using paintings as viual semiotic reflections of psychological states, I explore meaning to penetrate and illuminate interpretations of space. Images of doors by mainters Georgia O'Keefe, Pierre Bonnard, Edward Hopper, Alice Neel, Elizabeth Layton, Ben Shahn and Mark Rothko are used to explore dimensions of the human being's relationship to the environment and to speculate about balance, intimacy, separation, limits and boundaries.
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