Convulsive identity

Author

Foster, Hal

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

October. 1991, Num. 57, 18-54, 11 ill.

ISSN

0162-2870

Abstract (en)

Interprets the Surrealist art of Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, and Alberto Giacometti in relation to the three primal fantasies identified by Sigmund Freud--seduction, parental sex, castration--which are seen to govern the work of these artists. Focuses on these three artists because each evokes a different primal fantasy and each uses a different aesthetic method or medium. Concludes by relating the fantasmatic art of surrealism to the simulacrum.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Surrealism
• Chirico, Giorgio de, 1888-1978
• Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
• Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
• Fantasy
• Psychology
• Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
• Iconography
• Interpretation
• Theory
• Sex

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Surréalisme
• Chirico, Giorgio de, 1888-1978
• Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
• Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
• Fantaisie
• Psychologie
• Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
• Iconographie
• Interprétation
• Théorie
• Sexe

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00428082

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