Abstract
THE CONCEPT “FANTASİA” IN GREEK PHİLOSOHY AND REFLECTİON RENAİSSANCE PAİNTİNG ART FORMS
In this article, the relationship of art with the concept of fantasia which is often the subject of debate in Ancient Greek Philosophy and its reflections in Renaissance art paintings will be examined. For this purpose, firstly the meaning of the concept and content will be focused. Then, in which means the concept fantasia was used in ancient Greek philosophy, what were its nature and functions… These topics will be examined in the framework of the opinions of philosophers in this period. In the last part, the Renaissance painters who can be engaged with fantasia concepts and their works related with the topic will be examined. During this study, Fantasia’ effects on art painting and in which dimension it was an intermediary in artistic creativity of art will be explained.
Keywords
Fanatsia, Renaissance, art, painting
