A psychoanalytic approach to visual artists [[electronic resource] /] / James W. Hamilton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461093503321
• Autore: Hamilton James W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Karnac Books, 2012
• ISBN: 0-429-89622-0; 0-429-47145-9; 1-280-12578-0; 9786613529640; 1-84940-974-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 150.195; 791.43023
• Soggetti: Art - Psychological aspects; Amateur films - Psychological aspects; Psychoanalysis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Mark Rothko; CHAPTER TWO Joseph Cornell; CHAPTER THREE Piet Mondrian; CHAPTER FOUR Pablo Picasso; CHAPTER FIVE Clement Greenberg; CHAPTER SIX Edward Weston; CHAPTER SEVEN Ingmar Bergman; CHAPTER EIGHT François Truffaut; CHAPTER NINE Quentin Tarantino; CHAPTER TEN Florian von Donnersmarck; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: James Hamilton's engaging book offers us his own unique insight into the unconscious factors involved in the creative processes associated with painting, filmmaking, and photography by studying the lives and works of a number of artists, each one having a unique personal style.In separate chapters, he looks at the lives and works of Mark Rothko, Joseph Cornell, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Clement Greenberg, Edward Weston, Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, Quentin Tarantino, ; and Florian von Donnersmarck from a psychoanalytic perspective with emphasis on unconscious motivation and the quest f

Laughing and ridicule [[electronic resource] ] : towards a social critique of laughter / / Michael Billig

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450894703321
• Autore: Billig Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : SAGE, 2005
• ISBN: 1-4462-1177-0; 1-4462-3099-6; 1-281-24470-8; 9786611244705; 1-84787-794-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Theory, culture & society
• Disciplina: 152.4/3
• Soggetti: Laughter; Ridicule; Wit and humor; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Prelims; Contents; Introduction; 2 A Critique of Positive Humour; Part I - Historical Aspects; 3 Superiority Theories; 4 Incongruity Theories and Gentlemanly Laughter; 5 Victorian Relief Theory; 6 Bergson and the Function of Humour; 7 Freud and the Hidden Secrets of Jokes; Part II - II Theoretical Aspects; 8 Laughter and Unlaughter; 9 Embarrassment, Humour and the Social Order; 10 Final Remarks; References; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Tackling the assumption that laughter and humour are necessarily good in themselves, this text develops a critique of humour proposing a social theory that places humour in the form of ridicule as central to social life.