Unveiling the Visible. Merleau-Ponty and Learning Through Painting
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Merleau-Ponty, painting, body, expression, learning
Abstract
Although they did not have a didactic function as such, the texts on painting by the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) contain appreciations that could constitute a propaedeutic of the medium. In order to test this possibility, the article examines in the first instance the components that according to the French philosopher characterize the artistic task –body, gesture, expression– and then places them in the particular context of painting. Once this framework has been set, the text approaches certain operative principles of pictorial praxis –spontaneity, instantaneity, simultaneity– which, together with the behavior of color and materials, would determine in Merleau-Ponty’s opinion the idiosyncrasy of the medium and thus some useful keys for its eventual learning.Downloads
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Published
2018-01-19
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de Luelmo-Jareño J. M. (2018). Unveiling the Visible. Merleau-Ponty and Learning Through Painting. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, 30(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.5209/ARIS.55396
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