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Philostratus, the elder: the ekphrastic discourse and the concept of art in Eikones I and II

Grant number: 16/16459-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date: February 01, 2017
End date: January 31, 2018
Field of knowledge:Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Literatures
Principal Investigator:Paulo Martins
Grantee:Pedro Zanetta Brener
Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project proposes a research on Elder Philostratus' Eikones I and II, focusing on two main aspects: a) the rhetorical construction of the ekphraseis describing each painting, and b) the concept of art Philostratus employs in these descriptions. The theoretic bases of the research will be ancient and modern texts on ekphrasis, on the second sophistic, on painting, and on the concept of art in antiquity. (AU)

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