Homo Pictor, Ou La Production De L'humain Par L'imagination
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This article investigates the crucial role of imagination (Einbildungskraft) and image creation in human evolution, identity formation, and intercultural dialogue. As a synesthetic and chiasmic faculty, imagination bridges the internal world of the human subject with external reality. The author traces the genealogy of "Homo pictor" from phylogenetic development (brain growth, cave art, tool crafting) to ancient burial practices (Neanderthal rituals, Jericho skulls), where images serve to compensate for absence and overcome the existential threat of death.
Furthermore, the paper analyzes the shift from images as magical or sacred presences (idols, medieval relics, modern abstract art by Rothko and Newman) to an ethics of the mimetic gaze. Unbound by linguistic limitations, art provides an essential medium for aesthetic education, fostering the experience of cultural alterity and enhancing global diversity.
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