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The soul of art : analysis and creation
Title:
The soul of art : analysis and creation

Essays. Selections. English

Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ;
Author:
Gaillard, Christian, 1942- author.
ISBN:
9781623495251
Uniform Title:
Essays. Selections. English
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series:
Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ; number twenty

Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ; no. 20.
Contents:
Foreword / David H. Rosen -- Introduction: Onward and upward? / Christian Gaillard -- From the analyst's consulting room to prehistoric caves -- An encounter in Herculaneum -- Whatever happened to paradise? -- From Durer to Cranach: melancholy in black and red -- Narcissus crouching: from Ovid to Caravaggio -- Who the heck is Bluebeard? The nineteenth century grapples with an ogre -- A contemporary Bluebeard story -- Jackson Pollock on the brink of the well: the challenge of figuration -- Conclusion: Vessels are broken and a book opens -- Notes.
Abstract:
Art and the mystery of human consciousness...The beginnings of art are lost in the dim reaches of prehistory, eons before humans began recording and codifying their experiences in writing. And yet philosophers, artists, and historians have for centuries noted the intimate and perhaps inseparable relationship between human consciousness and the artistic impulse. As analyst and professor Christian Gaillard notes, we can see some of the earliest expressions of this intimacy in the cave paintings at Lascaux, and the relationship continues to the present day in the works of modern creators such as Jackson Pollock and Anselm Kiefer. What fascinates Gaillard-and, indeed, what fascinated Carl Jung-is, among other things, the notion that art enables us to explore our inner landscapes in ways that are impossible by any other means. In The Soul of Art: Analysis and Creation, Gaillard takes readers on a tour of his own "gallery of the mind," examining works of art from throughout history-and prehistory-that have moved, challenged and changed him. He also explores instances where particular works of art have proven deeply significant in his or his colleagues' understanding of their analyses and their ability to serve as capable guides on the journey toward self-awareness.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10703413 N72 P74 G3313 ysh
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