Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist

by Ernst Kris
Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist
Author: Ernst Kris
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300026696
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"This is the first English translation of a brief, scholarly, and brilliantly original work which sets out to examine the links between the legend of the artist, in all cultures, and what E.H. Gombrich, in an introductory essay, calls 'certain invariant traits of the human psyche.'"--Denis Thomas, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts "This book gathers together various legends and attitudes about artists, ancient and modern, East and West, and gives fascinating insights into attitudes toward artistic creation. It impinges on psychology, art history and history, aesthetics, biography, myth and magic, and will be of great interest to a wide audience in many fields.... A delightful and unrivalled study."--Howard Hibbard "Thought provoking and valuable.... To all those interested in psychiatry and art from the perspectives of history, criticism, or therapy and to the wide audience concerned with the psychology of aesthetics and of artistic creation."--Albert Rothenberg, American Journal of Psychiatry

Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist

by Ernst Kris
Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the Artist
Author: Ernst Kris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1979
Genre: Artistes
ISBN: 9780300232585
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Discussion of the stereotyped anecdotes and legends from all cultures and time periods surrounding the artist and artistic creativity.

Myth & Magic

by John Howe
Myth & Magic
Author: John Howe
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Fantasy in art
ISBN: 9780007107957
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For the first time ever, a portfolio of illustrated work from the award-winning artist, John Howe, which reveals the breathtaking vision of one of the foremost fantasy artists in the world. Myth and Magic is arranged into six sections, which looks at the books by J.R.R. Tolkien that have inspired John, as well as a fascinating tour through the paintings that he has produced for some of the finest fantasy authors working today. From the beloved painting of Smaug which decorates The Hobbit, his numerous and bestselling calendar illustrations, the world famous "Gandalf" picture, which is synonymous with the HarperCollins one-volume edition of The Lord of the Rings, this large-format hardback will delight fans of Tolkien, and anyone who has been captured by the imagination of the artist who so brilliantly brings to life the literary vision of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Beyond Art: A Third Culture

by Peter Weibel
Beyond Art: A Third Culture
Author: Peter Weibel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2005-05-17
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9783211245620
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A new theory of culture presented with a new method achieved by comparing closely the art and science in 20th century Austria and Hungary. Major achievements that have influenced the world like psychoanalysis, abstract art, quantum physics, Gestalt psychology, formal languages, vision theories, and the game theory etc. originated from these countries, and influence the world still today as a result of exile nurtured in the US. A source book with numerous photographs, images and diagrams, it opens up a nearly infinite horizon of knowledge that helps one to understand what is going on in today’s worlds of art and science.

Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend

by Donato Giancola
Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend
Author: Donato Giancola
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1506710867
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Nearly 200 stunningly realistic paintings and drawings bring the greatest fantasy epic of all time to life. Classical realism unites with contemporary storytelling as artist Donato Giancola explores the mythic grandeur and the iconic characters of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings saga. Donato has made it his life's work to translate Tolkien's words into compelling visuals, with gorgeous oil paintings and drawings reminiscent of Rembrandt and Caravaggio. His interpretations of Middle-earth span his entire career, from private commissions to the 2001 edition of the graphic novel adaptation of The Hobbit, all collected in this massive compendium--a must-have for collectors of Tolkien and fantasy "What struck me about J.R.R. Tolkien's work was how he filled Middle-earth with a wealth of history," says Author Donato Giancola. "From the simple beginnings of Bilbo and the dwarves in The Hobbit, to the personal trials of Frodo and the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings, to the epic tragedies in The Silmarillion, these tales are woven together by a grand fabric of unifying mythologies, bringing depth to the cultures and characters within." "Amazing work from an astounding talent." - George R.R. Martin

A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso

by Paul Barolsky
A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso
Author: Paul Barolsky
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2015-08-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0271051159
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In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, about art history as both tragedy and farce, and about the heroic and the mock-heroic. The book demonstrates that the modern idea of the artist has deep roots in the image of the epic poet, from Homer to Ovid to Dante. Barolsky’s major claim is that the history of the artist is inseparable from historical fiction about the artist and that fiction is essential to the reality of the artist’s imagination.

Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization

by Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Author: Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1990
Genre: Hindu art
ISBN: 9788120807518
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This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India`a legends myth, and folklore, taken directly from the sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recongnizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.

Psychology, Art, and Antifascism

by Louis Rose
Psychology, Art, and Antifascism
Author: Louis Rose
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300221479
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A vivid portrait of two remarkable twentieth-century thinkers and their landmark collaboration on the use and abuse of caricature and propaganda in the modern world In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E. H. Gombrich to collaborate on a project that had implications for psychology and neuroscience, and foreshadowed their contributions to the Allied war effort. Their subject: caricature and its use and abuse in propaganda. Their collaboration was a seminal early effort to integrate science, the humanities, and political awareness. In this fascinating biographical and intellectual study, Louis Rose explores the content of Kris and Gombrich's project and its legacy.