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- Title
Velázquez y el origen de la modernidad filosófica.
- Authors
Madrid Casado, Carlos M.
- Abstract
This paper explores the connection between Diego Velázquez's painting with the rise of Modernity. First, I analyze the hermeneutic approaches of José Ortega y Gasset, Antonio Machado, José Antonio Maravall and Michel Foucault, which equate Velázquez with Descartes, Kant, or Galileo. Then, I focus on the comparison between the Discourse on Method and Las Meninas. I analyze the way in which the three traditional philosophical ideas (the Ego, the World and God) are somehow represented in the famous Velázquez's canvass. If the quintessential Cartesian motto was "Cogito, ergo sum", I defend that Velazquez's slogan could be "Pingo, ergo sum". Finally, I conclude studying how Velázquez's portraits represent the Cartesian res cogitans, but also their affections and institutions.
- Publication
Laocoonte, 2017, Vol 4, p171
- ISSN
2386-8449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7203/laocoonte.0.4.9478