Equivalence instead of representation

• Authors: Mencwel A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author's interpretation of The Children's Memorial in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem suggests that the most important factor of changes in the 20th century art is the replacement of representation (typical of earlier art, particularly to that of the 19th century) by equivalence. To grasp the essence of this change we have to surpass the rules of predominant formulations/interpretations - based on particular 'schools' or 'genres'. We have to observe/understand art in communication aspect, in 'medial environment', to see essential changes in it. The most important change here consists in rejecting the position of absolute observer, typical of positivistic science as well as of realistic prose and naturalistic painting. This has been caused by the change of the point of view. The point of view, revealed in various artistic techniques, means that an individual perspective is always present in an act of expression - in poetry, prose, essay. A humanist principle is the equivalent of a point of view in research territory - as this principle is based on recognition that the science is developed by tools/methods created by human consciousness - categories, types, models. The science does not reflect directly external reality - the science creates models, mental equivalents of this reality. The author concludes by defining the characteristics of art and thought of the 20th century and the interpretation of a masterpiece by Tadeusz Kantor - an artist whose entire creative path embodied the idea of equivalence.

Keywords

EN

EQUIVALENCE; REPRESENTATION

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Przegląd Kulturoznawczy
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 6-21
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mencwel A.

• A. Mencwel, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02044346