Rupture of the Epistemological Mimetic Model

Abstract

Mimesis as epistemological model reached its apogee in the 17th century and it feels into decline in the following centuries. With its disruption, lost the models of representation that also permeated Western culture for centuries, and from the 19th century, the subjectivity takes the leading role in art. More than a change in the perception of art, there was a change in perception of the world that surrounds the human being, whose great influence was due to the photography.