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The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture: The Image at Play

Autor Frances S. Connelly
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iul 2012
This book establishes a fresh and expansive view of the grotesque in Western art and culture, from 1500 to the present day. Following the non-linear evolution of the grotesque, Frances S. Connelly analyzes key works, situating them within their immediate social and cultural contexts, as well as their place in the historical tradition. By taking a long historical view, the book reveals the grotesque to be a complex and continuous tradition comprising several distinct strands: the ornamental, the carnivalesque and caricatural, the traumatic and the profound. The book articulates a model for understanding the grotesque as a rupture of cultural boundaries that compromises and contradicts accepted realities. Connelly demonstrates that the grotesque is more than a style, genre or subject; it is a cultural phenomenon engaging the central concerns of the humanistic debate today. Hybrid, ambivalent and changeful, the grotesque is a shaping force in the modern era.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107011250
ISBN-10: 1107011256
Pagini: 199
Ilustrații: 62 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 185 x 261 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Introduction: entering the Spielraum; 2. Improvisation I: grottesche; 3. Improvisation II: arabesques; 4. Subversion: the carnivalesque body; 5. Trauma: the failure of representation; 6. Revelation: profound play.

Recenzii

"This short book on the grotesque offers an interesting contribution to the thematic reconfiguration of more conventional art history."
--Choice

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Connelly establishes a fresh and expansive view of the grotesque in Western art and culture, from 1500 to the present.