Resumen

MASELLA, Paulo. The Concealment of Erotic Images in Art History: An Inquiry Inspired by Cave Paintings at the Brazilian Archaeological Site of Serra da Capivara. An. Inst. Investig. Estét [online]. 2024, vol.46, n.125, pp.9-36.  Epub 28-Ene-2025. ISSN 0185-1276.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iie.18703062e.2024.125.2865.

Since Brazilian cave paintings with erotic content are barely published in art history books, questions arise about the reasons for their absence: Are these images being censored, or are they simply unknown? Are they being concealed on account of their erotic or even pornographic content? In what fields of knowledge is one authorized to see and talk about these images? Such inquiries led this research towards issues such as the relationship between artwork and sexuality, as well as between visual art and the technical image, in addition to considering the hypothesis of a post-colonialist approach in the case of their simply being unknown. Thus, the aim is to address the place of erotic pictures in the artistic context, as well as the very meaning of visual arts in a world full of technical images.

Palabras llave : Philosophy of art; sexuality; art censorship; pornographic images; technical images; post colonialism; ontology of the image; epistemology of communication.

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