The Animated Image —— Roman Theory on Naturalism， Vividness and Divine Power

----- 生动形象：关于自然主义、生动性与神圣力量的罗马理论

ISBN: 9783050059495 出版年：2013 页码：224 Bussels， Stijn Akademie Verlag

Many Romans wrote about the belief that an image – a sculpture or painting, as well as a verbal description or a person on stage – is not a representation, but the image’s prototype, or that an image incorporates particular aspects of life. Some authors explained these beliefs as incorrect observation or wrong mental processing by the beholder. Others pointed at the excellent craftsmanship of the maker of the image. A third group looked at the supernatural involvement of its prototype, often a god. Together, these discourses on the animation of images bring us to what intellectuals from all over the Roman empire saw as reprehensible or acceptable in beholding images as works of art or objects of worship. Moreover, these discourses touch upon ontological and epistemological problems. The barrier between life and death was explored and also the conditions to obtain knowledge from observation. This book describes these various Roman theories on the animated image.