The representation of an instant: Lessing and Ernst Gombrich’s pictographic method

  • Ignacio Uribe Martínez Instituto de Filosofía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
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Keywords: Instant, pictographic method, verisimilitude, imagination

Abstract

Although the representation of a single instant as a limitation to figurative arts in Lessing’s Laokoon has been considered by Ernst Gombrich as the origin of a fallacious conception of art, this article shows the affinity between the idea of “pictographic method” displayed by the Austrian historian and the notions of imagination and verisimilitude proposed by Lessing.
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Published
2012-03-30
How to Cite
Uribe Martínez, I. (2012). The representation of an instant: Lessing and Ernst Gombrich’s pictographic method. Arte, Individuo Y Sociedad, 24(1), 091-101. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ARIS.2012.v24.n1.38045
Issue
Vol. 24 No. 1 (2012)
Section
Articles

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