From de Effect to the Paradigm: Narcissus, Medusa and Pygmalion

Autores/as

  • Marta Cordeiro Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2015.106083

Palabras clave:

spectator, image, Narcissus, Medusa, Pygmalion

Resumen

The paper aims to characterize the relation between spectators and images and, therefore, uses the mythological figures of Narcissus, Pygmalion and Medusa, routinely used to talk about pictures. Often, Narcissus is associated with self- -representation; Medusa with photography and death and Pygmalion with the simulacrum. However, in a brief footnote, W.J.T. Mitchell talks about the “effects” that images provoke in viewers, establishing a relationship between spectators, images and these three paradigmatic figures. This paper proposes to expand Mitchell´s view and assume that the three myths contain the main elements to follow the relationship between spectators and images.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Marta Cordeiro, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa.
    Professora no Departamento de Teatro da Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa.

Publicado

2015-12-22

Número

Sección

Arte, tecnologia e novas mídias

Cómo citar

Cordeiro, M. (2015). From de Effect to the Paradigm: Narcissus, Medusa and Pygmalion. ARS, 13(26), 140-155. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2015.106083