Prieto, Margarida PenetraAlves, Ricardo Manuel Henriques Marques2025-02-262025-02-262025-02-11http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/98783Based on Pliny the Elder’s description of the origin of painting in his Natural History, where a portrait is created from a shadow cast by the light of a candle, this study reflects on humanity’s need to preserve memories through images external to individual memory. Through this account, painting is established as being motivated by memory. In Greek mythology, memory was represented by Mnemosyne, the mother of the Muses—although none of them are directly connected to painting, raising a question to be investigated: what is the relationship, if any, between memory and painting? To understand memory, this study explores the Greek myth, key concepts of memory in Ancient Greece, and how memory is understood today in neuroscience. The relationship between memory and forgetfulness is also examined, alluding to the dynamics between revealing and concealing, making visible and hiding, between light and shadow. The dichotomy and complementarity between memory and forgetfulness across different definitions are analyzed, exploring their connections to various color theories that emphasize contrasts between light and dark, warm and cool hues, in order to address the proposed questionporMemóriaEsquecimentoLuzSombraContornoPinturaCorMnemosine (mitologia grega)Rostomaster thesis203891228