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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459099503321

Autore

Hagman George

Titolo

The artist's mind : a psychoanalytic perspective on creativity, modern art and modern artists / / George Hagman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-89652-X

1-136-89653-8

1-282-65605-8

9786612656057

0-203-84112-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

701/.15

Soggetti

Artists - Psychology

Art - Psychology

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Art, Modern - 19th century

Art, Modern - 20th century

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A new psychoanalytic model of aesthetic experience; Chapter 3 Art and the artist's mind; Chapter 4 Modern art and modern artists; Chapter 5 Edgar Degas: The psychological edge of modernism; Chapter 6 Pierre Bonnard: The seduction of beauty; Chapter 7 The creative anxiety of Henri Matisse; Chapter 8 The beauty of indifference: The art of Marcel Duchamp; Chapter 9 Modern art in America; Chapter 10 Joseph Cornell's quest for beauty

Chapter 11 Form follows function: The selfobject function of Frank Lloyd Wright's art and architectureChapter 12 Jackson Pollock: An American's triumph and the death of modernism; Chapter 13 The birth of postmodernism: Andy Warhol's perverse aesthetics; Chapter 14 Postscript: The world after Warhol; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

For the past century psychoanalysts have attempted to understand the psychology of art, artists and aesthetic experience. This book examines how contemporary psychoanalytic theory provides insight into understanding the psychological sources of creativity, Modern Art and modern artists. The Artist's Mind revisits the lives of eight modern artists including Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, from a psychoanalytical viewpoint. It looks at how opportunities for a new approach to art at the turn of the twentieth century offered artists a chance to ex