Angel in contemporary art. Iconology as regards to a presence of the absence

Authors

  • Stefania Caliandro Doutora, EHESS, Paris Professora Visitante – UERJ - Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21709/casa.v7i2.2322

Keywords:

semiotics of Art, iconology, aesthetics

Abstract

The angel’s iconology, in the light of Walter Benjamin and Jean-François Lyotard’s reflections on this theme, leads us to analyse both the effects of presence and a presentification of the absence that this figure enables in various media of artistic creation.

Author Biography

Stefania Caliandro, Doutora, EHESS, Paris Professora Visitante – UERJ - Rio de Janeiro

Mestranda em Semiótica e Linguística Geral pela Universidade de São Paulo

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Published

05/03/2010

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2009)

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