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)