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    Essays. Selections. English
    The soul of art : analysis and creation / Christian Gaillard ; translation by Anita Conrade ; foreword by David H. Rosen.

    • Title:[Essays. Selections. English]
      The soul of art : analysis and creation / Christian Gaillard ; translation by Anita Conrade ; foreword by David H. Rosen.
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    • Author/Creator:Gaillard, Christian, 1942- author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Conrade, Anita, translator.
      Rosen, David H., 1945- writer of foreword.
    • Published/Created:College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2017]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961--Knowledge--Art.
      Art--Psychology.
      Emotions in art.
      Psychoanalysis and art.
      Art therapy.
    • Medical Subjects: Jung, C. G (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961
      Jungian Theory.
      Art.
      Psychoanalysis.
    • Genre/Form:Essays.
    • Edition:First edition.
    • Description:viii, 271 pages ; 23 cm
    • Series:Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ; no. 20.
    • Summary:Art and the mystery of human consciousness ... The beginnings of art are lost in the dim reaches of prehistory, eons before humans began recording and codifying their experiences in writing. And yet philosophers, artists, and historians have for centuries noted the intimate and perhaps inseparable relationship between human consciousness and the artistic impulse. As analyst and professor Christian Gaillard notes, we can see some of the earliest expressions of this intimacy in the cave paintings at Lascaux, and the relationship continues to the present day in the works of modern creators such as Jackson Pollock and Anselm Kiefer. What fascinates Gaillard-and, indeed, what fascinated Carl Jung-is, among other things, the notion that art enables us to explore our inner landscapes in ways that are impossible by any other means. In The Soul of Art: Analysis and Creation, Gaillard takes readers on a tour of his own "gallery of the mind," examining works of art from throughout history-and prehistory-that have moved, challenged and changed him. He also explores instances where particular works of art have proven deeply significant in his or his colleagues' understanding of their analyses and their ability to serve as capable guides on the journey toward self-awareness.
    • Notes:Translated from the French.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781623495251 hardcover ; alkaline paper
      1623495253 hardcover ; alkaline paper
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 From the Analyst's Consulting Room to Prehistoric Caves
      ch. 2 Encounter in Herculaneum
      ch. 3 Whatever Happened to Paradise?
      ch. 4 From Durer to Cranach: Melancholy in Black and Red
      ch. 5 Narcissus Crouching: From Ovid to Caravaggio
      ch. 6 Who the Heck Is Bluebeard? The Nineteenth Century Grapples with an Ogre
      ch. 7 Contemporary Bluebeard Story
      ch. 8 Jackson Pollock on the Brink of the Well: The Challenge of Figuration.
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