O grafite de Alexamenos: o cotidiano na imagem do grafite e a magia da imagem

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Munhoz, Marcos Martinez
• Orientador(a): Ferreira, Jerusa Pires
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Comunicação e Semiótica
• Departamento: Faculdade de Filosofia, Comunicação, Letras e Artes
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Grafite de Alexamenos; Arte e religião; Imagem
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Alexamenos Graffito; Art and religion; Image
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::COMUNICACAO
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20510

The objective of this study is to discuss the various meanings attributed to the Alexamenos Graffito. This piece of graffiti, possibly produced between the 1st and 3rd century AD, was discovered on a wall in the proximity of the Palatine Hill, in Rome, and depicts the unique image of a man with a donkey-like head and a crucified human body. This research addresses art in its communicational aspect, focusing on the imagery representation of a mythical ensemble. The methodology involves literature review, historical and anthropological investigation and document analysis. A historical and anthropological approach is employed to attempt to understand the relations of the image in places of worship, from prehistoric times to the artistic production that contextualizes the artist’s interference in Rome. The problematic of this study is developed under the aegis of the image system in Western religious thought. The discussion centers on the representation processes of mythical imagery from rock art to the art of graffiti, which encompasses the Alexamenos Graffito. The object at hand is always observed in its materiality and investigated from the theoretical framework developed by the semiotics of culture. Moreover, this study incorporates textual collaborations from scholars such as Hans Belting and Margot Berthold. With this theoretical underpinning, this thesis focuses mainly on indicating a mythical presence and its communicational interferences in the image of the Alexamenos Graffito—which are potentially interwoven into the everyday life of a certain community within a spatial and cultural context. The results suggest an image that provides a mimetic representation of facts on the wall by the artist, among the everyday temporal events of Rome