Visual Art and Self-Construction

Drawing on the work of a range of visual artists including Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois, Katrina Mitcheson explores how visual art can help us to know ourselves, when the self is complex, decentred and partially unconscious.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitcheson, Katrina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
Series:Crosscurrents Ser.
Subjects:
Self-perception in art.
Art > Philosophy.
Art, Modern > Themes, motives.
Perception de soi dans l'art.
Art > Philosophie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Self and its Vicissitudes
  • 2. Beyond Narrative
  • 3. A Corporeal Hermeneutics of the Self
  • 4. Refusing What We Are
  • 5. An Experimental Hermeneutics of the Self
  • Conclusion
  • List of Artworks Referenced
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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