Legend, Myth, and Magic in the Image of the ArtistAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 10 September 1981
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â?oThis is the first English translation of a brief, scholarly, and brilliantly original work which sets out to examine the links between the legend of the artist, in all cultures, and what E.H. Gombrich, in an introductory essay, calls â?~certain invariant traits of the human psyche.â?Tâ??â?"Denis Thomas, Journal of the Royal Society of Artsâ?oThis book gathers together various legends and attitudes about artists, ancient and modern, East and West, and gives fascinating insights into attitudes toward artistic creation.A It impinges on psychology, art history and history, aesthetics, biography, myth and magic, and will be of great interest to a wide audience in many fieldsâ?▌. A delightful and unrivalled study.â??â?"Howard Hibbardâ?oThought provoking and valuableâ?▌. To all those interested in psychiatry and art from the perspectives of history, criticism, or therapy and to the wide audience concerned with the psychology of aesthetics and of artistic creation.â??â?"Albert Rothenberg, American Journal of PsychiatryErnst Kris was a psychoanalyst who wrote on a wide variety of subjects, including art.A Otto Kurz was librarian of the Warburg Institute in London.
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