Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 45 No. 1, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi45101
Analogies between Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Antique Artistic Sculpture and Architecture with Some Philosophical Movements of That Time
Vladimir Rismondo
; Trg senjskih uskoka 3, HR–10020 Zagreb
Abstract
The paper examines the analogies between Hellenistic, Roman, and late Antique artistic sculpture and architecture, with some of the simultaneous schools of Hellenistic and late Antique philosophy. The theoretical foundations of the paper are found in the reflections of James Alexander’s “philosophy of empire” and in the idea of “existential space” by Christian Norberg-Schulz. As for ancient philosophy, the philosophical references are the Cynicism of Diogenes of Sinope, the Stoicism of Marcus Aurelius, Neoplatonism, and the iconoclastic movement in Byzantium. The artistic references of the text are found, on the other hand, in architectural achievements such as the Roman Pantheon and Diocletian’s Palace in Split, as well as in sculptures such as the Laocoon group, or examples of the production of Byzantine icons. The text ultimately presents the thesis that – in the observed time span from the death of Alexander the Great until the iconoclastic dispute in the 8th century in Byzantium – certain artefacts of artistic production can be interpreted through the prism of philosophical thought of that time.
Keywords
philosophy of empire; existential space; Hellenism; Cynicism; Stoicism; Neoplatonism; Diogenes of Sinope; Marcus Aurelius; Laocoon group; Pantheon
Hrčak ID:
332747
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Publication date:
27.6.2025.
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