Orientador: Luiz Cesar Marques Filho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T19:25:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Byington_ElisaLustosa_D.pdf: 11767756 bytes, checksum: cc888a875e1153c43477a94f879eb9be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: A primeira edição de "As Vidas dos mais excelentes arquitetos, pintores e escultores italianos de Cimabue aos nossos dias", escrita por Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), arquiteto e pintor de Arezzo, é publicada em 1550. Ela é marcada pelas questões que animavam a Academia Florentina (1541) - a questão da historia, da língua vernácula e da sua difusão - e pela "disputa entre as artes", conforme proposta por Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565) nas célebres "Duas Lições". A segunda edição das "Vidas", publicada em 1568, será marcada por outra academia e por nova versão da "disputa"; i.é, pela Academia delle Arti del Disegno e o texto "Una Selva di Notizie", escrito por Dom Vincenzo Borghini(1515-1580), lugar-tenente da nova academia, rediscutindo a hierarquia entre as artes. Para a nova Academia, fundada em 1563, e para o texto "Una Selva di Notizie" (1564), a referência e modelo eram aqueles, institucional e intelectual, da década de "40. Tanto a academia dos artistas, fundada pelo próprio Vasari junto com o filólogo Borghini, seria inspirada na Academia Florentina, conforme declarado por eles, quanto a retomada da "disputa entre as artes" pelo lugar-tenente da Academia do Desenho, fazia referência à Lição de Varchi e às cartas escritas pelos artistas em resposta ao debate de quase vinte anos antes. Tais aspectos institucionais, e as distintas características do debate intelectual, influenciam respectivamente cada uma das edições com idéias que procuramos ressaltar e analisar no âmbito da política cultural do duque Cosimo I / Abstract: The first edition os the "Lives of the most excellent architetcts, painters and sculptors from Cimabue to ourdays" written by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), architect and painter of Arezzo, is published in 1550. It is marked by questions that directed the Florentine Academy (1541) - the question of history, of the vernacular ando its dissemination - and by the "dispute between the arts", as proposed by Benedetto Varchi (1503- 1565) in the famous "Due Lezzioni" (Two Lessons). The second edition of the "Lives", published in 1568, is marked by another Academy and by new version of the "dispute"; i.e. by the Academia delle Arti del Disegno and the text "Una Selva di Notizie", written by Don Vincenzo Borghini(1515-1580), lieutenant of the new Academy, rejudging the hierarchy between the arts. For the new Academy, founded in 1563, and the text "Una Selva di Notizie" (1564), the reference and model were those, institutional and intellectual, of the "40s. Both the academy of the artists, founded by Vasari himself along with the philologist Borghini, would be inspired by the Florentine Academy, as stated by them, as the resumption of the "dispute between the arts" by the Lieutenant of the Academy of drawing, made reference to the Lesson of Varchi and letters written by the artists in response to the debate of almost twenty years before. Such institutional aspects, and the distinct characteristics of the intellectual debate, influence respectively each of editions with ideas that emphasize and analyze the cultural policy of the Duke Cosimo / Doutorado / Historia da Arte / Doutor em História

From the viewpoint of classical reception studies, I am asking what contemporary British art (by, for example, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, and Mark Wallinger) has to do with the classical tradition – both the art and literature of Greco-Roman antiquity. I have conducted face-to-face interviews with some of the leading artists working in Britain today, including Lucas, Hirst, Wallinger, Marc Quinn, and Gilbert & George. In addition to contemporary art, the thesis focuses on Greco-Roman art and on myths and modes of looking that have come to shape the western art historical tradition – seeking to offer a different perspective on them from that of the Renaissance and neoclassicism. The thesis concentrates on the generation of artists known as the YBAs, or Young British Artists, who came to prominence in the 1990s. These artists are not renowned for their deference to the classical tradition, and are widely regarded as having turned their backs on classical art and its legacies. The introduction asks whether their work, which has received little scholarly attention, might be productively reassessed from the perspective of classical reception studies. It argues that while their work no longer subscribes to a traditional understanding of classical ‘influence’, it continues to depend – for its power and provocativeness – on classical concepts of figuration, realism, and the basic nature of art. Without claiming that the work of the YBAs is classical or classicizing, the thesis sets out to challenge the assumption that their work has nothing to do with ancient art, or that it fails to conform to ancient understandings of what art is. In order to do this, the thesis analyses contemporary works of art through three classical ‘lenses’. Each lens allows contemporary art to be examined in the context of a longer history. The first lens is the concept of realism, as seen in artistic and literary explorations of the relationship between art and life. This chapter uses the myth of Pygmalion’s statue as a way of thinking about contemporary art’s continued engagement with ideas of mimesis and the ‘real’ which were theorised and debated in antiquity. The second lens is corporeal fragmentation, as evidenced by the broken condition of ancient statues, the popular theme of dismemberment in western art, and the fragmentary body in contemporary art. The final chapter focuses on the figurative plaster cast, arguing that contemporary art continues to invoke and reinvent the long tradition of plaster reproductions of ancient statues and bodies. Through each of these ‘lenses’, I argue that contemporary art remains linked, both in form and meaning, to the classical past – often in ways which go beyond the stated intentions of an artist. Contemporary art continues to be informed by ideas and processes that were theorised and practised in the classical world; indeed, it is these ideas and processes that make it deserving of the art label.