| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 179 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. A new psychoanalytic model of aesthetic experience -- 3. Art and the artist's mind -- 4. Modern art and modern artists -- 5. Edgar Degas : the psychological edge of modernism -- 6. Pierre Bonnard : the seduction of beauty -- 7. The creative anxiety of Henri Matisse -- 8. The beauty of indifference : the art of Marcel Duchamp -- 9. Modern art in America -- 10. Joseph Cornell's quest for beauty -- 11. Form follows function : the self object function of Frank Lloyd Wright's art and architecture -- 12. Jackson Pollock : an American's triumph and the death of modernism -- 13. The birth of postmodernism : Andy Warhol's perverse aesthetics -- 14. Postscript : the world after Warhol |
| Summary |
Examines how contemporary psychoanalytic theory provides insight into understanding the psychological sources of modern art |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Artists -- Psychology.
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Art -- Psychology.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Art, Modern -- 19th century.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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ART -- General.
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Art, Modern
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Art -- Psychology
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Artists -- Psychology
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010000076 |
| ISBN |
9780203841129 |
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0203841123 |
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9780415467063 |
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0415467063 |
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0415467055 |
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9780415467056 |
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