Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience

This article aims to discuss the relationship between word and image in literary works devoted to the so-called ekphrasis. The present research is organised as follows: I first discuss the concept of contemplative aesthetic experience as elucidated in Schopenhauer’s philosophy, and then provide some...

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Main Author: Bartosz Swoboda
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2021-07-01
Series:Studi Slavistici
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9956
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description This article aims to discuss the relationship between word and image in literary works devoted to the so-called ekphrasis. The present research is organised as follows: I first discuss the concept of contemplative aesthetic experience as elucidated in Schopenhauer’s philosophy, and then provide some theoretical reflections on its current interpretations; in the second part, I try to examine the poem Danae Tycjana from III Seria Poezji (1898), by the Polish modernist poet Kazimierz  Przerwa-Tetmajer, through the lens of the concept of contemplative aesthetic experience. The analysis here carried out within the theoretical framework presented contends that the rhetorical device of ekphrasis should be understood as verbalisation of aesthetic aspects and experience. The last part of this paper investigates Titian’s painting Danaë (1545-1546, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples), one of several examples of the genre of erotic mythologies in Western art popularized by Titian, as the foundation for Tetmajer’s aesthetic experience and source of ekphrasis.
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spelling doaj.art-91bccd4d1b1042c796e6a25c4fafa9292022-12-21T20:20:53ZengFirenze University PressStudi Slavistici1824-761X1824-76012021-07-0118110.36253/Studi_Slavis-9956Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic ExperienceBartosz Swoboda0University of OpoleThis article aims to discuss the relationship between word and image in literary works devoted to the so-called ekphrasis. The present research is organised as follows: I first discuss the concept of contemplative aesthetic experience as elucidated in Schopenhauer’s philosophy, and then provide some theoretical reflections on its current interpretations; in the second part, I try to examine the poem Danae Tycjana from III Seria Poezji (1898), by the Polish modernist poet Kazimierz  Przerwa-Tetmajer, through the lens of the concept of contemplative aesthetic experience. The analysis here carried out within the theoretical framework presented contends that the rhetorical device of ekphrasis should be understood as verbalisation of aesthetic aspects and experience. The last part of this paper investigates Titian’s painting Danaë (1545-1546, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples), one of several examples of the genre of erotic mythologies in Western art popularized by Titian, as the foundation for Tetmajer’s aesthetic experience and source of ekphrasis.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9956EkphrasisAesthetic ExperienceMythArthur SchopenhauerKazimierz Przerwa-TetmajerTitian
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Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience
Studi Slavistici
Ekphrasis
Aesthetic Experience
Myth
Arthur Schopenhauer
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer
Titian
title Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience
title_full Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience
title_fullStr Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience
title_full_unstemmed Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience
title_short Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Danae Tycjana Within the Framework of Schopenhauer’s Philosophy: Reading Ekphrasis Through the Prism of Aesthetic Experience
title_sort kazimierz przerwa tetmajer s danae tycjana within the framework of schopenhauer s philosophy reading ekphrasis through the prism of aesthetic experience
topic Ekphrasis
Aesthetic Experience
Myth
Arthur Schopenhauer
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer
Titian
url https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/9956
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