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Nature's Laws And The Changing Image Of Reality In Art And Physics: A Study Of The Impact Of Modern Physics On The Visual Arts, 1910-1940, John George Hatch
Nature's Laws And The Changing Image Of Reality In Art And Physics: A Study Of The Impact Of Modern Physics On The Visual Arts, 1910-1940, John George Hatch
John G. Hatch
No abstract provided.
Modern Earthworks And Their Cosmic Embrace, John Hatch
Modern Earthworks And Their Cosmic Embrace, John Hatch
John G. Hatch
No abstract provided.
Desire, Heavenly Bodies, And A Surrealist's Fascination With The Celestial Theatre, John Hatch
Desire, Heavenly Bodies, And A Surrealist's Fascination With The Celestial Theatre, John Hatch
John G. Hatch
In 1922, the German Surrealist artist Max Ernst produced a montage work that included a woman's bare buttocks protruding out of the rings of Saturn. It is, to say the least, an unusual combination of images, but one that addresses some very basic human impulses. Largely, It expresses Ernst's understanding that inscribed upon the night sky are some of our deepest held fears and fantasies. Ernst sought to generate contemporary rephrasings of our mythologizing of the cosmos in a complex and often enigmatic way, drawing on such varied sources as Freudian psychology, late nineteenth-century symbolism, alchemy, and Surrealism. Ultimately, Ernst …
The Science Behind Francesco Borromini's Divine Geometry, John Hatch
The Science Behind Francesco Borromini's Divine Geometry, John Hatch
John G. Hatch
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Machian Epistemology And Its Part In František Kupka's Painterly Cognition Of Reality, John G. Hatch
Machian Epistemology And Its Part In František Kupka's Painterly Cognition Of Reality, John G. Hatch
John G. Hatch
A consensus has emerged amongst art historians that portrays the work the Czech painter, František Kupka (1871-1957), as fluctuating between differing styles and never resolving itself into one straightforward and single-minded direction beyond abstraction. Visually this is true, but for Kupka the visual was secondary in that it plays a subsidiary role to the process involved in the creation of the work itself. A failure to properly understand this process has resulted in an inaccurate reading of Kupka's art, essentially missing the point that his paintings embody in their imagery the cognitive process involved in their creation. Significantly, as I …
Nature's Laws And The Changing Image Of Reality In Art And Physics, 1910-1940, John G. Hatch Jr
Nature's Laws And The Changing Image Of Reality In Art And Physics, 1910-1940, John G. Hatch Jr
John G. Hatch
No abstract provided.