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Title: | Actitud de Plutarco y sus héroes ante las artes plásticas | Other Titles: | The attitude of Plutarch and his heroes to plastic arts | Authors: | Alcalde Martín, Carlos | Keywords: | Plutarch;Greek and Roman heroes;Painting;Sculpture;Plutarco;Héroes griegos y romanos;Pintura;Escultura | Issue Date: | 2014 | Publisher: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra Annablume Editora |
Journal: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/36445 | Abstract: | The numerous references to the arts that abound in the works of Plutarch
reveal his vast knowledge and appreciation of the matter, but he refrains from making
aesthetic assessments and the references to the plastic arts are always subordinated to
the purpose of the context and of the work in which they are found.
For Plutarch, works of art are inferior to those that result from a statesmen’s virtue.
Nevertheless as the former are a product of reason and not of chance, he considers them
as worthy and adequate enough to be used as an instrument of moral education and
political instruction. According to him, statesmen should not be authors themselves of
any work of art, but he applauds the fact that they know how to appreciate them ‑ as
long as no pretentiousness or indulgence is displayed ‑ as a demonstration of his paideia,
especially when it comes to the Roman protagonists of his Lives. Las numerosas referencias a las artes que llenan las obras de Plutarco manifiestan su gran conocimiento y aprecio de las mismas, pero se abstiene de hacer valoraciones estéticas y sus menciones de las artes plásticas se subordinan siempre al propósito del contexto y de la obra en que se encuentran. Para Plutarco, las obras de arte son inferiores a las resultantes de la virtud del estadista; pero al ser las primeras también producto de la razón y no del azar, las considera dignas y adecuadas para emplearlas como instrumento de enseñanza moral e instrucción política. Según él, los hombres de Estado no deben ser autores ellos mismos de obras de arte, pero elogia que sepan apreciarlas – sin hacer ostentación de vanidad o lujo – como manifestación de su paideía, especialmente los protagonistas romanos de las Vidas. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/36455 | ISBN: | 978-989-26-0933-1 978-989-26-0934-8 (PDF) |
DOI: | 10.14195/978-989-26-0934-8_3 | Rights: | open access |
Appears in Collections: | O sábio e a imagem: estudos sobre Plutarco e a arte |
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