The oxymoronic encounter of surrealism and Catholicism : Ernst, Dali, Gengenbach
- Author
- Bradley, Fiona
- Document type
- Thèse
- Language
English
- Source
- PhD; Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London; 1995; typescript ; 168 ill. (some col.); bibliogr. ; 2 v. (607 p.) ; sd
- Abstract (en)
- Contends that the encounter between Surrealism and Catholicism in France between the wars may be examined in terms of the oxymoron in which syntactic conjunction of the two words results. Surrealism's anti-clericism and blasphemy have previously been seen either as simple anti-establishment posturing or as a naïve and even unconscious attempt to rival Catholicism as a spiritual cult. Breton refutes this, and this study turns around the substance of his refutation, citing the meeting of Surrealism and Catholicism within the theoretical, artistic, psychoanalytic and political possibilities of the Surrealist enquiry. The historical situation of Surrealism's encounter with Catholicism introduces the initial focus on Rimbaud and the abbé Gengenbach, figures who, both conceptually and actually, commute between Surrealism and Catholicism. Readings of Ernst and Dalí's work with Catholic iconography link into a discussion of the figuration of a female principle in both Catholic and Surrealist systems of thought.
- Subject (en)
- Subject (fr)
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier19960701-00291725
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