Contemporary psychoanalysis and masterworks of art and film / Harry Trosman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trosman, Harry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and the arts--History--20th century.

Psychoanalysis and the arts.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [1996]

Summary:

In Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Masterworks of Art and Film, Harry Trosman demonstrates that a psychoanalytic point of view can vastly enrich one's understanding and appreciation of works of art.

Drawing on current psychoanalytic views of the importance of fantasy, attachment and individuation theory, preoedipal factors in development, and object relations. Trosman addresses the impact of psychoanalysis on the understanding of the visual arts, painting, and film. Velazquez's Las Meninas, Giorgione's The Tempest, Rembrandt's self-portraits, and Seurat's La Grand Jatte are among the paintings Trosman analyzes. He also considers such films as Antonioni's L'avventura, Welles's Citizen Kane, Hitchcock's Vertigo, and Fellini's 8 1/2. The result is an insightful and innovative perspective, integrating classical and contemporary psychoanalytic thought with art and film criticism.

Contents:

Toward psychoanalytic iconography

Psychoanalysis, las meninas, and the masterpiece

The enigma of Giorgione's tempest and the distribution of psychic intensity

Separation and cohesion in Seurat's un dimanche à la grande jatte

Rembrandt and two self-portraits : Frick and Kenwood house

L'avventura and the presentation of emptiness

Citizen Kane and the return of the lost object

Vertigo and the enabling fantasy

8¹/₂ and the disinhibition of creativity

Psychoanalytic attributes of quality in art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814782108

OCLC:

34669281