Art, myth and deviance / Shlomo Giora Shoham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shoham, S. Giora, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Artists--Mental health.

Artists.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Myths have long been considered the prime linkage between nature and culture, but we hold that they are more than this. The mythogene, which is our conceptualization of a connecting structure, links subject and object, history and transcendence, but above all is the blueprint for creativity. The volume deals, therefore, with the innovative conception of the author as to the process of creativity. Van Gogh had a revelation as to how the whirling cypresses and dancing stars would look at night....

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-04285-8

9786612042850

1-4438-0297-2

OCLC:

815769518