Image and InsightColumbia University Press, 1991 - 273 pages Drawing on psychoanalytic discourse, the author of this work probes the use of words and images in contemporary culture. She draws upon a number of artistic movements and exhibitions to examine the emotional and intellectual responses to art. |
Contents
An Insubstantial Pageant Faded | 29 |
Charged Objects | 57 |
Artistic Image and Inward Gaze | 87 |
A Cycle of Songs | 127 |
The Inescapability of Tragedy | 149 |
Meditations on the Smile of Dionysus | 179 |
Film as Dream | 203 |
New Lamps for Old? | 221 |
Common terms and phrases
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