Figurative Arts and Mathematics: Pipes, Horses, Triangles and Meanings

In this chapter we describe a proposal for a problematic interpretation of the concept of signification, taken from conceptual signification theory, not only in the field of mathematics but also presenting examples of analogous behaviour from another field of study, that of figurative art. The aim is to show how a totally satisfactory signification theory has still not been constructed, while other fields of study continue to rediscover the basic stages of the epistemological domain.