Pygmalion and creative enthusiasm* Barbara Baert In this article I examine the concept of enthusiasm through the lens of Publius Ovidius’ (43 BC-17 AD) myth of Pygmalion, where ‘inspiration’ and the ‘god within’ are fundamentally thematised1. Humanism and the Enlightenment see the connection between Pygmalion and enthusiasm as a captivating aesthetic paradigm. During the Renaissance,…

Hildebrand critico della scultura cubista. Il caso degli Amanti di Raymond Duchamp-Villon Gemma Zaganelli At the dawn of the twentieth century, the point of view becomes a central issue in the artistic production of painters and sculptors. In particular, the principles of sculpture seem to reflect Adolf von Hildebrand’s theories. In his Das Problem der…

An everlasting experience: the issue of preservation and communication of the ephemerality of performing arts Silvia Giordano The concept of preservation of the “ephemeral” might seem an unsolvable problem, already discussed by several scholars who focused on the theoretical debate, without achieving practical solutions yet. However, the charm of the topic lies precisely in the…