Full Description
This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the psychodynamic theories of artistic creativity and the arts. Neither oversimplifying the complexity of these theories, nor bogging down in pedantic discourse, it honors the depth and richness of the work of Freud, Adler, Kris, Reich, Jung, and several lesser-known theorists, while making their theories readily accessible to the educated reader.
After discussing the role of theory, the work offers each concept as a readily usable template for describing and understanding a work of art, whether painting, sculpture, music, dance, film, poetry, or prose. With these theories at hand, anyone interested in the arts will possess a far richer vocabulary for describing the artistic experience and a deeper understanding of the artist's creativity.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Neurosis and Art—Sigmund Freud, Otto Fenichel, and Alfred Adler
2. Art and the Conflict-Free Sphere of the Ego—Ernst Kris
3. Artistic Creativity and the Participation Mystique—Carl Jung
4. Art versus Fascism—Wilhelm Reich
5. The Artist and the Will to Create—Otto Rank
6. Further Insights—Sabina Spielrein, Ernest Jones, W.R.D. Fairbairn, Jacques Lacan, Anton Ehrenzweig, Julia Kristeva, Lawrence Kubie, Phyllis Greenacre, Philip Weissman, and Ernest G. Schachtel
7. Psychodynamics in Color and Black and White—Hermann Rorschach
Conclusion
Reference
Index
