« La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature »
Through the formal issues raised by the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo the enigmatic nature of certain figures’ sexual identity will receive less attention in future than the neutralisation - or even distortion - of their genders. In what ways does the androgynous figure harmonise with...
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Centre d´Histoire et Théorie des Arts
2006-09-01
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| author | Frédérique Villemur |
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| description | Through the formal issues raised by the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo the enigmatic nature of certain figures’ sexual identity will receive less attention in future than the neutralisation - or even distortion - of their genders. In what ways does the androgynous figure harmonise with an ideal of beauty combining the genders as much as it reveals a perfect familiarity with the sexual differences it aims to destabilise? More precisely, what effects do the indefinite and non finito have on the masculine and feminine in such distinct rival arts as painting and sculpture? We shall see that androgyny has a figurative virtuality, and that with Leonardo da Vinci its efficacy is due to the power of the indistinct, to a fusion of the genders towards the neuter, while for Michelangelo it strives to exhaust the opposites in their antagonisms to the point of their possible aberration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28f0a8dbbb2d434ea50896ef3424ae1e2022-12-22T01:11:42ZfraCentre d´Histoire et Théorie des ArtsImages Re-Vues1778-38012006-09-013« La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature »Frédérique VillemurThrough the formal issues raised by the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo the enigmatic nature of certain figures’ sexual identity will receive less attention in future than the neutralisation - or even distortion - of their genders. In what ways does the androgynous figure harmonise with an ideal of beauty combining the genders as much as it reveals a perfect familiarity with the sexual differences it aims to destabilise? More precisely, what effects do the indefinite and non finito have on the masculine and feminine in such distinct rival arts as painting and sculpture? We shall see that androgyny has a figurative virtuality, and that with Leonardo da Vinci its efficacy is due to the power of the indistinct, to a fusion of the genders towards the neuter, while for Michelangelo it strives to exhaust the opposites in their antagonisms to the point of their possible aberration.http://journals.openedition.org/imagesrevues/188androgyneArasse (Daniel)genderLeonardo de VinciMichel-Angenon finito |
| spellingShingle | Frédérique Villemur « La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature » Images Re-Vues androgyne Arasse (Daniel) gender Leonardo de Vinci Michel-Ange non finito |
| title | « La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature » |
| title_full | « La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature » |
| title_fullStr | « La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature » |
| title_full_unstemmed | « La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature » |
| title_short | « La masculine, le féminin / Corriger la nature » |
| title_sort | la masculine le feminin corriger la nature |
| topic | androgyne Arasse (Daniel) gender Leonardo de Vinci Michel-Ange non finito |
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