Painting and sculpture provide model for the chorus in Book II of Plato’s Laws

This paper is a commentary about the role of mimetic arts on the education of Plato’s second best possible city, imagined in the last dialogue he has written, The Laws. The education will be based on the chorus which will follow the designs presented by paintings and sculptures, according to our int...

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Main Author:	Lethicia Ouro Oliveira
Format:	Article
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) 2018-12-01
Series:	O Que Nos Faz Pensar
Online Access:	http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/589

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spelling	doaj-7b54cf4e210649afa47b1615ff8c80472020-11-24T23:32:45ZporPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)O Que Nos Faz Pensar0104-66752018-12-01274320922210.32334/oqnfp.2018n43a589589Painting and sculpture provide model for the chorus in Book II of Plato’s LawsLethicia Ouro Oliveira0Colégio Pedro IIThis paper is a commentary about the role of mimetic arts on the education of Plato’s second best possible city, imagined in the last dialogue he has written, The Laws. The education will be based on the chorus which will follow the designs presented by paintings and sculptures, according to our interpretation. These works of art imitate the Idea of Beauty directly and may be constituted by the image of Republic’s city ideal men, as we shall argue. Education takes place from the body, which dances and sings imitating the patterns exposed by the plastic works of art, to the soul. Therefore, the mimetic arts are essential in education and, as we will show, also in the perception of beauty by a straight representation of the beings.http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/589
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description	This paper is a commentary about the role of mimetic arts on the education of Plato’s second best possible city, imagined in the last dialogue he has written, The Laws. The education will be based on the chorus which will follow the designs presented by paintings and sculptures, according to our interpretation. These works of art imitate the Idea of Beauty directly and may be constituted by the image of Republic’s city ideal men, as we shall argue. Education takes place from the body, which dances and sings imitating the patterns exposed by the plastic works of art, to the soul. Therefore, the mimetic arts are essential in education and, as we will show, also in the perception of beauty by a straight representation of the beings.
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Painting and sculpture provide model for the chorus in Book II of Plato’s Laws

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