The myth of abstraction : the hidden origins of abstract art in German literature /
Once upon a time (or more specifically, in 1911!) there was an artist named Wassily Kandinsky who created the world's first abstract artwork and forever altered the course of art history - or so the traditional story goes. A good story, but not the full story. The Myth of Abstraction reveals th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, N.Y. :
Camden House,
2021
Rochester, New York : 2021 |
| Series: | Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the many origins of abstract art
- Apocalypse now : Heinrich Von Kleist's sublime de-framing of Caspar David Friedrich's Der Mönch Am Meer (1810)
- The Kleistian sublime is now : Kazimir Malevich, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman
- The clouding of perception : seeing the (un)real potential for abstraction in the poetry and science of Goethe's clouds (1821)
- In the service of clouds or optical illusion? : Romanticism, pointillism, and impressionism
- Driven to distraction and from abstraction : the birth and death of abstract art in Gottfried Keller's Der Grüne Heinrich (1854/55, 1879/80)
- Inside the mind and outside the margins : the unruly lines of Paul Klee, André Masson, and Cy Twombly
- Epilogue : Laocoön and his sisters : the future of literature and art
- 1 Apocalypse Now: Heinrich Von Kleist's Sublime Deframing of Caspar David Friedrich's Der Mönch Am Meer (1810) p. 22
- 2 The Kleistian Sublime Is Now: Kazimir Malevich, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman p. 55
- 3 The Clouding of Perception: Seeing The (Un)Real Potential for Abstraction in the Poetry and Science of Goethe's Clouds (1821) p. 99
- 4 In the Service of Clouds or Optical Illusion?: Romanticism, Pointillism, and Impressionism p. 138
- 5 Driven to Distraction and from Abstraction: The Birth and Death of Abstract Art in Gottfried Keller's Der Grüne Heinrich (1854/55, 1879/80) p. 174
- 6 Inside the Mind and Outside the Margins: The Unruly Lines of Paul Klee, André Masson, and Cy Twombly p. 206