Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic

This writing aims to provide clarity and forcefulness to the enigmatic sayings of Georges Bataille about the paleolithic art of Lascaux that he develops in his book Lascaux or the birth of art (2011). It is not so easy to assimilate Bataille's assessments about Lascaux, since he calls this preh...

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Autor principal: Bisignano, Ignacio
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Publicado: Instituto de Filosofía - Facultad de Humanidades. UNNE 2024
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Bataille
Lascaux
Art
History
Neolithic
Arte
Historia
Neolítico
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spelling I48-R154-article-79072024-11-27T15:06:30Z Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic Bataille, Lascaux y la degradación artística del neolítico Bisignano, Ignacio Bataille Lascaux Art History Neolithic Bataille Lascaux Arte Historia Neolítico This writing aims to provide clarity and forcefulness to the enigmatic sayings of Georges Bataille about the paleolithic art of Lascaux that he develops in his book Lascaux or the birth of art (2011). It is not so easy to assimilate Bataille's assessments about Lascaux, since he calls this prehistoric creation a “miraculous” and exceptional fact that enables a determining “truth” about the human condition. Leaving aside the idea that Bataille maintains metaphysical speculations without much epistemic rigor and supporting the thesis that by carefully reading this author's sayings a solid, coherent and rational idea about his thinking regarding art can be reconstructed, I maintain the following hypothesis: In Lascaux an intimate and inseparable link between the artistic and history is crystallized, since what is at stake there is actually the explicit display of a conception that challenges traditional historiography. This disruptive character of art makes Bataille deposit there a type of singular knowledge that is incomprehensible from the propositional, positive or cumulative logic that developed from the Neolithic revolution. For this task, I will take into account the views on history held by authors such as Georges Didi-Huberman (2006), Walter Benjamin (2008) y Michel De Certeau (2007), who from their critical position on historiographic knowledge contribute to clarifying Bataille's enigmatic position with respect to the subject. Este escrito tiene el objetivo de otorgar claridad y contundencia a los enigmáticos dichos de Georges Bataille sobre el arte paleolítico de Lascaux que desarrolla en su libro Lascaux o el nacimiento del arte (2011). No resulta tan sencillo asimilar las apreciaciones de Bataille sobre Lascaux, ya que denomina esta creación prehistórica como un hecho “milagroso” y excepcional que habilita una “verdad” determinante sobre la condición humana. Dejando de lado la idea de que Bataille sostiene especulaciones metafísicas sin demasiado rigor epistémico y apoyando la tesis de que al leer detenidamente los dichos de este autor puede reconstruirse una idea sólida, coherente y racional sobre su pensamiento respecto al arte, mantengo la siguiente hipótesis: en Lascaux se cristaliza un vínculo íntimo e indisociable entre lo artístico y la historia, ya que lo que allí está en juego es en realidad la muestra explícita de una concepción desafiante frente a la historiografía tradicional. Este carácter rupturista del arte hace que Bataille deposite allí un tipo de conocimiento singular inaprensible desde la lógica proposicional, positiva o acumulativa que se desarrolla a partir de la revolución neolítica. Para esta tarea, tendré en cuenta las visiones sobre la historia que sostienen autores como Georges Didi-Huberman (2006), Walter Benjamin (2008) y Michel De Certeau (2007), los cuales desde su posición crítica sobre el conocimiento historiográfico contribuyen a esclarecer la enigmática posición de Bataille con respecto al tema. Instituto de Filosofía - Facultad de Humanidades. UNNE 2024-11-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/nit/article/view/7907 10.30972/nvt.2027907 New Itinerary; Vol. 20 No. 2 (2024) Nuevo Itinerario; Vol. 20 Núm. 2 (2024) Novo itinerário; v. 20 n. 2 (2024) 1850-3578 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/nit/article/view/7907/7427 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Lascaux
Art
History
Neolithic
Bataille
Lascaux
Arte
Historia
Neolítico
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Lascaux
Art
History
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Lascaux
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Bisignano, Ignacio
Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic
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Lascaux
Art
History
Neolithic
Bataille
Lascaux
Arte
Historia
Neolítico
author Bisignano, Ignacio
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title Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic
title_short Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic
title_full Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic
title_fullStr Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic
title_full_unstemmed Bataille, Lascaux and the Artistic Degradation of the Neolithic
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description This writing aims to provide clarity and forcefulness to the enigmatic sayings of Georges Bataille about the paleolithic art of Lascaux that he develops in his book Lascaux or the birth of art (2011). It is not so easy to assimilate Bataille's assessments about Lascaux, since he calls this prehistoric creation a “miraculous” and exceptional fact that enables a determining “truth” about the human condition. Leaving aside the idea that Bataille maintains metaphysical speculations without much epistemic rigor and supporting the thesis that by carefully reading this author's sayings a solid, coherent and rational idea about his thinking regarding art can be reconstructed, I maintain the following hypothesis: In Lascaux an intimate and inseparable link between the artistic and history is crystallized, since what is at stake there is actually the explicit display of a conception that challenges traditional historiography. This disruptive character of art makes Bataille deposit there a type of singular knowledge that is incomprehensible from the propositional, positive or cumulative logic that developed from the Neolithic revolution. For this task, I will take into account the views on history held by authors such as Georges Didi-Huberman (2006), Walter Benjamin (2008) y Michel De Certeau (2007), who from their critical position on historiographic knowledge contribute to clarifying Bataille's enigmatic position with respect to the subject.
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