Evan R Firestone

Animism and Shamanism in Twentieth-Century Art

Kandinsky, Ernst, Pollock, Beuys

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Produktbeschreibung

Firestone brings four artists together to examine their individual approaches to anthropological materials and to define similarities and differences between them. Firestone's close readings of their artworks and examination of the relevant texts available to them reveal fresh new insights and perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 173mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780367200190
• ISBN-10: 0367200198
• Artikelnr.: 57004131

Autorenporträt

Evan R. Firestone is Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Georgia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Explorers, Writers, and Artists Discover Shamanism
1. Kandinsky and Animism: "Everything 'Dead' Trembled"
2. Max Ernst's La femme 100 têtes: A Shamanic-Alchemical Romance
3. Vision Quest: Jackson Pollock and the Native-American Spirit World
4. Joseph Beuys as Shaman: The Medium is the Message
Conclusion: The Occult, Primitivism, Modernism and Anti-Modernism
Addendum: Beuys Redux