This paper aims to tackle the ambiguity of Péladan’s interpretation of the Malatesta Temple of Rimini, the prestige of which is related for him to the faith in the Absolute of Art. In effect, in Példan’s novel Le Vice Suprême, Sigismondo becomes a hero for both his criminal reputation and his artistic prestige. Furthermore, in his theoretical work L’Art Idéaliste et Mystique, Péladan states that Sigismondo was devoted to the perfect religion of Beauty and was, therefore, pure. His Neoplatonic faith, as it is expressed in the artistic masterpieces of the Temple, makes him a priest of the only true Religion of Arts. This apparently linear stance veils in fact an ambivalent ideological attitude, that Péladan shares with the Decadent generation as a whole. Although conservative he was, the French writer was not aware of the consequences of some of his aesthetical statements, that inspired the far-right political movements of the early Twentieth Century’s Europe. The intrinsic ambivalence of ideological interpretation of monuments is, therefore, exemplarily represented by Péladan’s work.

In questo saggio ci proponiamo di analizzare l’ambiguità dell’interpretazione del Tempio Malatestiano nell’opera di Joséphin Péladan. Per Péladan l prestigio del Tempio è legato alla fede nell’assoluto dell’Arte, e sia nel romanzo Le Vice Suprême che nell’opera teorica L’Art Idéaliste et Mystique Péladan ritrae Sigismondo Malatesta come il sacerdote dell’Arte, riscattato dai propri crimini dalla fede neoplatonica. L’apparente linearità di questa posizione nasconde di fatto una profonda ambiguità ideologica, alla quale l’estrema destra europea dell’inizio del XX secolo si ispirò. Péladan condivide questa ambivalenza con la generazione Simbolista-Decadente nel suo insieme, e per quanto non consapevole della portata di alcune sue posizioni, Péladan dimostra ampiamente l’ambivalenza intrinseca dell’interpretazione ideologica dei monumenti.

Verna, M., Sigismondo Malatesta, un criminale neoplatonico. Péladan lettore mistico del Palazzo Malatestiano., <<L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA>>, 2018; (3): 79-90 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/129165]

Sigismondo Malatesta, un criminale neoplatonico. Péladan lettore mistico del Palazzo Malatestiano.

Verna, Marisa
2018

Abstract

This paper aims to tackle the ambiguity of Péladan’s interpretation of the Malatesta Temple of Rimini, the prestige of which is related for him to the faith in the Absolute of Art. In effect, in Példan’s novel Le Vice Suprême, Sigismondo becomes a hero for both his criminal reputation and his artistic prestige. Furthermore, in his theoretical work L’Art Idéaliste et Mystique, Péladan states that Sigismondo was devoted to the perfect religion of Beauty and was, therefore, pure. His Neoplatonic faith, as it is expressed in the artistic masterpieces of the Temple, makes him a priest of the only true Religion of Arts. This apparently linear stance veils in fact an ambivalent ideological attitude, that Péladan shares with the Decadent generation as a whole. Although conservative he was, the French writer was not aware of the consequences of some of his aesthetical statements, that inspired the far-right political movements of the early Twentieth Century’s Europe. The intrinsic ambivalence of ideological interpretation of monuments is, therefore, exemplarily represented by Péladan’s work.
2018
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Verna, M., Sigismondo Malatesta, un criminale neoplatonico. Péladan lettore mistico del Palazzo Malatestiano., <<L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA>>, 2018; (3): 79-90 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/129165]
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