Para uma arqueologia do sentimento estético: o papel da arte paleolítica na Estética de György Lukács.

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the role of paleolithic art in the creation of a Lucacksian Aesthetics, while also looking at its importance in determining some categories characteristic of the creator's latest works.Theoretical references are initially established in order to understand the categorical architecture of the work and its implicit philosophical objectives.This is followed by a textual analysis within the chapters where this topic is discussed with more depth, exploring definitions such as reflection, anthropomorphization, mimesis and everyday life, in an effort to identity its meanings and more relevant connections.We will see that Lukács's interest in "aesthetic genesis", particularly in Franco-Cantabrian cave paintings, played an important role in specifying the peculiarity of artistic activity in the process of humanizing man: its cismundanity and his evocative nature.Based on the results found, it is suggested that shining a light on this topic can help us to resolve some sensitive issues in his later work, such as the conflict between his project to "return to Marx" and the theoreticalmethodological horizon of his time, especially the tension between the ontological inclination of his materialism and the impositions put in place by the gnosiological debate of the time.