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Avant-garde lit and arts. Experimentation. Textuality.
dreams as parallel universe - prophetic
anthropology and psychology: "primitive art"
FREUD,
unconscious
The
interpretation of dreams
Literary device, stream of consciousness, reflecting the work of
brain....
Joyce, Faulkner, Dos Passos
capturing emotional states
capturing different perspectives
giorgione
van
gogh starry night (MoMA)
gauguin
1 2
3
picasso
kandinsky
2
3 (guggenheim collection)
kandinsky: unconscious mapping, the brain and mental representations
as metaphors. balance in chaos, equilibrium, self containment.
below electrons: energy. the vital force of the universe.
iron foundry (mossolov)
DiDonato, energy.
doom gloom desolation bad fortune accidents and incidents: energy. not
spiritual determination, not abstract thinking, not the challenge.
contrast with EYETALIANS ARE LIKE CHILDREN.
John Cage 4.33
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2zcLBr_VM&f
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Religiosity vs religion
Christ as sacrificial symbol, suffering
Ecce homo (Antonello da Messina)
man of sorrows
If you are familiar with Jewish culture you most likely know the work
of Marc Chagall.
Chagall used Christ as a symbol of the persecution suffered by Jews in
history.
This was quite controversial at first but his original intuition has had
a profound effect
on both Christians and Jews.
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GEREMIO Jeremiah
JOB
Faith: very Italian, very Catholic. SAINTS, GESU GIUSEPPE MARIA: intercession.
God is too far away, too remote. You have to go through the
hierarchy. Church hierarchy reflects divine hierarchy.
Cult of saints. Intermediaries between humans and god.
god is approachable only through hierarchy.
Role of Madonna.
Louis, the Jewish friend. Atheism as acquired philosophy.
Atheism as anger, retaliation against God.
Anger as positive response (as opposed to resignation)?
The Cripple. (life after death)
TARANTELLA
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My overall favorite work was .........
(Good writing: technique, skill, intelligence. Sometimes spontaneity and
inspiration.
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DISCUSSION and REFLECTION
Would you recommend YES / NO Christ?
Give ONE ARGUMENT to support your position.
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DI DONATO, avant guard.
Late 1800: Impressionism, realism
1900: psychologism, surrealism, |
