From Mimesis To Imaging The representation of art as a critical visual-resource Considerations and emblematic cases

Abstract

The  purpose    of   this   contribution   consists   in   looking   at   that   particular photography sector which is related to the photographic representation of art.

It intends  to  investigate  the  characteristics of this kind  of photography  and  to search out  that  probable expressive  originality  which  springs from  the  tension between the imitative ability and the creative will. Starting from the etymology of the  word  "mimesis"   considered  in  its  double  meaning  of  "imitation" and  of "image".

I tried to outline  the activity  relied to the photographic representation  of art, in the attempt  to catch out, through the historical evolution, its aesthetic value