Psychoanalytic Explorations in Art by Ernst Kris

by Ernst Kris

Based on over 25 years of research in psychology of art & om clinical psychoanalysis, these essays allow readers to follow the development of the author's thought. The absence of generalities & the careful documentation of observations makes this book especially useful to artists & psychoanalysts.AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionApproaches to artThe contribution of psychoanalysis & its limitationsDaydream & fictionThe aesthetic illusionMagic, communication & identificationCreation & re-creationThe image of the artistPsychological study of the role of tradition in ancient biographiesThe art of the insaneComments on spontaneous artistic creations by a psychotic artist of the Middle AgesA psychotic sculptor of the 18th century The function of drawings & the meaning of the creative spell in a schizophrenic artist (w/Else Pappenheim)The comicThe psychology of caricatureThe principles of caricature (w/E.H. Gombrich)Ego development & the comicLaughter as an expressive contributions to the psychoanalysis of expressive behaviorProblems of literary criticismAesthetic ambiguity (w/Abraham Kaplan)Freudianism & the literary mindPrince Hal's conflictPsychology of creative processesOn inspiration On preconscious mental processesBibliographyBibliographical NoteIllustrationsIndex

Genres: Art, Psychology, Essays, Nonfiction

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First published January 1, 1952

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