I dear not to touch the work of art (or do I?)

Laodamia DASCĂL

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to analyze Tiziano Vocellio’s early work, dated in 1511, entitled Noli me tangere, from multiple methodological points of view. During the investigation of the work of art, the author uses a comparative method as the guide and organizer of ideas. The work of art discussed is used as an example of various approaches, from the visual narrative codes, to the semiotic interpretation of the sign systems, the psychoanalytical perspective, and the empirical-factual observation. The comparative approach described in this analysis proves that in order to be objective, and to provide validity for the information, there has to be a multi-methodological understanding of the painting, one manifested through an exercise of synthetic analysis. The present analysis follows the possibilities of scientific looking at visual facts, using Tizian’s work from The National Gallery in London, from a deeply phenomenological stand-point.

Keywords: painting interpretation, triangulating methodologies, factual observation, hermeneutic investigation, psychoanalysis, feminism

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