Reflexões sobre percepção e pintura em Merleau-Ponty

Abstract

This paper explores the intersection between the phenomenology of perception and art in the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It focuses on the analysis of perception as a pre-reflective phenomenon, rooted in the body and sensory experience, and how this concept influences the understanding of art, particularly painting. Through the work of Paul Cézanne, the study investigates how painting reveals the raw meaning of the world, a dimension prior to conceptual categories and language. By proposing a new way of engaging with the world, Merleau-Ponty offers an approach that values corporeality and perceptual experience as fundamental to understanding reality and artistic creation. The main goal is to highlight the importance of perception in the construction of knowledge and artistic expression, considering painting as a privileged means of accessing and expressing the depth of lived experience.