Robert Hughes was een Australische kunstcriticus en schrijver, bekend om zijn scherpe kritieken op moderne kunst en geschiedenis. Zijn werk duikt vaak in de complexe relatie tussen kunst, samenleving en macht. Hughes bezat een scherpe intellect, een scherp oog voor detail en een uitgesproken, vaak kritische stem, die zowel lezers als kijkers uitdaagde. Door zijn invloedrijke boeken en televisiedocumentaires heeft hij het publieke begrip en het discours rond kunst en de historische context ervan aanzienlijk gevormd.
Exploring the insights of 21st-century European thinkers, the book delves into the concept of art as a profound interaction between a sensuous object and an aesthetic subject. It examines how art reveals the boundaries of both form and deformation, challenging the viewer's perceptions and experiences. By focusing on this dynamic relationship, the work highlights the unsettling nature of aesthetic engagement and the limits of reality.
The narrative immerses readers in the perilous realm of organized crime, focusing on individuals raised in Mafia families. It explores their struggles with inherited legacies of secrecy and loyalty, as they confront the duality of their heritage while striving to carve out their own identities. Themes of honor and betrayal are intricately woven throughout, creating a suspenseful and intense journey into the complexities of life within the Mafia.
Focusing on community development, this handbook emphasizes the importance of strength-based interactions and robust relationships with individuals and groups. It encourages readers to reflect on their current practices, offering new perspectives and reinforcing sustainable outcomes that are independent of external influences. By simplifying the process of engaging with communities, the book aims to empower practitioners to foster meaningful connections and enhance their effectiveness in community work.
From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome--as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization covering the span from the city's origins more than two thousand years ago through the twentieth century.
The book delves into the intersection of art and ethics, examining how American Romantic writers and modern continental philosophers utilize artistic expression to explore moral questions. It highlights the significance of creativity in ethical discourse, revealing the ways in which these thinkers engage with art to convey complex ideas about morality and human experience. Through this lens, the work offers insights into the evolving relationship between artistic representation and ethical considerations across different historical contexts.
Er kam aus der Provinz, wurde Hofmaler in Madrid und genoss als erster Maler des Königs hohes Ansehen, blieb jedoch ein Außenseiter: Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) porträtierte sowohl die Mächtigen seiner Zeit als auch Verbrecher, Bettler und Irre. Seine Alltagsszenen und die Traumbilder seiner bizarren Phantasie sind von gleicher Ausdruckskraft. Robert Hughes, ein brillanter Kunsthistoriker und Schriftsteller, erzählt in dieser reich bebilderten Biografie, wie Goya die Konflikte seiner Zeit erlebte und wie er in seiner Kunst die Tradition vollendete und die Moderne begründete. Hughes verehrt Goya seit seiner Jugend, als er eine Kopie von Goyas Radierung „Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer“ erwarb. Der Entschluss, eine Biografie über Goya zu schreiben, reifte über Jahrzehnte. In diesem bewegenden Buch werden auch die frühen Wandgemälde Goyas im Aula-Dei-Kloster analysiert. Es ist einfühlsam und leicht erzählt, tiefgründig in der Analyse und reich an faszinierenden Einblicken in die Epoche zwischen Aufklärung und Restauration. John Updike beschreibt es als „eine gründliche, vielschichtige und großartig bebilderte Hommage für den großen Goya“, während Michael Glover und Julia Blackburn die sorgfältige Recherche und die Analyse von Goyas Modernität loben.
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Clinical Practice and the Subject of the Unconscious
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After Lacan combines abundant case material with graceful yet sophisticated theoretical exposition in order to explore the clinical practice of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Focusing on the groundbreaking clinical treatment of psychosis that Gifric (Groupe Interdisciplinaire Freudien de Recherches et d'Interventions Cliniques et Culturelles) has pioneered in Quebec, the authors discuss how Lacanians theorize psychosis and how Gifric has come to treat it analytically. Chapters are devoted to the general concepts and key terms that constitute the touchstones of the early phase of analytic treatment, elaborating their interrelations and their clinical relevance. The second phase of analytic treatment is also discussed, introducing a new set of terms to understand transference and the ethical act of analysis in the subject's assumption of the Other's lack. The concluding chapters broaden discussion to include the key psychic structures that describe the organization of subjectivity and thereby dictate the terms of not just psychosis, but also perversion and obsessional and hysterical neurosis.
"The Portable Magritte" represents a new approach to the enjoyment and study of art in book form. With more than 400 color reproductions and a compact handheld size, this book manages to be affordable and comprehensive. It's like a catalogue raisonne that fits in a backpack. This accessible format is a perfect match for the paintings of Rene Magritte-one of the few twentieth-century painters whose works are immediately approachable and who has an enduring cultlike following. His surrealistic and mysterious visions always provoke introspective thought and imagination. All of Magritte's most characteristic and beloved motifs-the green apple, the bowler hat, and the dreamlike twilight hour-make their appearance, along with some surprising lesser-known paintings. The artist's method and meaning is explored in an intriguing essay by Robert Hughes, the art critic for "Time" magazine and acclaimed commentator on art and culture. A hip and current update on this timeless artist, "The Portable Magritte" makes an ideal gift for students as well as art lovers of any age.
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