Der Sprecher in Philostrats „Eikones“ zwischen Distanz und Immersion

• Verfasst von: Allgaier, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Der Sprecher in Philostrats „Eikones“ zwischen Distanz und Immersion
• Titelzusatz: das Verhältnis von Sprecher und Bild in 1,20–22
• Paralleltitel: The speaker in Philostratus’ “Eikones” between distance and immersion
• Paralleltitelzusatz: the relationship of speaker and painting in 1,20–22
• Verf.angabe: Benjamin Allgaier
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [Dezember 2021]
• Umfang: 14 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 28.06.2022
• Schrift/Sprache: Zusammenfassung in englischer Sprache
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Hermes <Stuttgart>
• Ort Quelle: Stuttgart : Steiner, 1866
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 149(2021), 4, Seite 487-500
• ISSN Quelle: 2365-3116
• DOI: doi:10.25162/hermes-2021-0036
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: ger
• K10plus-PPN: 1808050630

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between the speaker and the paintings that he ostensibly describes in a series of descriptions in the “Eikones” of Philostratus the Elder (1,20-22). As a close reading of these descriptions in the order in which they occur in Philostratus’ text reveals, the initially distanced attitude of the speaker develops into an immersion in the world of the painting, which in turn gives way to a distanced description. The symmetrical change in the relationship between the speaker and the paintings overrides the boundaries between the three descriptions under consideration and suggestively underlines the erotic allure of Olympus, the ‘protagonist’ of the central description. At the same time, it should be noted that the words the speaker addresses to the painted Olympus feature allusions to their status as part of a written text. Moreover, the description immediately following the series 1,20-22 draws attention to the potentially dangerous power of immersion.