Physique du surréalisme : surrealism, modern physics, and epistemology
- Author
- Parkinson, Gavin
- Document type
- Thèse
- Language
English
- Source
- Ph.D; Courtauld Institute, University of London; 2000; typescript ; ill. (some col.), bibliogr. ; 372 p., [61] p. of pl. ; sd
- Abstract (en)
- Shows that the foundations of surrealism and the developments of its theory and art were affected by the new view of nature conceived by relativity and quantum physics, and by their wider ramifications. Shows how André Breton's theorisation of the object in the 1930s grew out of Gaston Bachelard's writings. The blending of the discourses of modern physics and psychoanalysis is a feature of the thesis, and discussion of Dalí takes place simultaneously with an assessment of the "postcartesian" iconography of Matta's paintings of the 1940s. As well as arguing that the surrealists consciously drew upon the motifs and concepts of modern physics, claims that the break with classical and Enlightenment modes of representation accomplished by Marcel Duchamp's work is clarified by the context offered by this study. Henri Bergson's thought assumes special significance, and Bergson reemerges with a discussion of Wolfgang Paalen whose oeuvre is deeply marked by quantum theory.
- Subject (en)
- Subject (fr)
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier20010101-00147199
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