The Occultation of Surrealism Conference paper ESSWE 3: Lux in Tenebris. Szeged‚ HU. Tessel M. Bauduin‚ University of Amsterdam: t.m.bauduin@uva.nl Introduction [--] Welcome. The official birth of the movement was in 1924‚ with the publication of the first Manifesto. In the Second Manifesto‚ of 1929‚ André Breton‚ ‘father’ of Surrealism‚ called for ‘the occultation of Surrealism’. This‚ and other elements have led many to believe that Surrealism was very much involved with the occult. That
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Byron”. Como rasgos generales en el poeta podríamos describir a Byron como un poeta romántico‚ donde sus creaciones derrochan un estilo Romántico. Esta característica romántica ha sido criticada a la vez que defendida por autores como John Keats y Baudelaire‚ respectivamente. Desde que Byron comenzara a escribir en 1806‚ no pararía hasta su muerte en 1824‚ obteniendo como resultado de su trabajo una colección de poemas sublime. Entre sus trabajos más destacados encontramos “To a Lady”‚ “Manfred” y
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The term "marijuana" is a word with indistinct origins. Some believe it is derived from the Mexican words for "Mary Jane"; others hold that "marijuana" comes from. the Portuguese word marigu-ano which means "intoxicant" (Geller and Boas‚ 1969: 14). This section outlines the many and varied uses of marihuana through history‚ and deals with its use in medicine and its use as an intoxicant. The experience of the 1960’s might lead one to surmise that marihuana use spreads explosively. The chronicle of
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In the latter case‚ the graphic novel takes the form of an illustrated version of the original text. The French publisher Petit à Petit has a series of these “word and image” books‚ although for obvious reasons most examples concern poetry (Baudelaire‚ Verlaine‚ Rimbaud‚ Hugo‚ Prévert‚ La Fontaine) rather than prose (short stories by Maupassant). The Dutch artist Dick Matena has recently realized three “comics illustrations” of (more or less lengthy) novels by highly canonized Dutch and Flemish
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‘To live is to be photographed’ (Sontag‚ 2004). Does photography have a special role in the mediation of our lives‚ and how‚ according to Sontag‚ is this role changing? INTRODUCTION Attempting to comprehend the role of photography in the mediation of our lives would have to account‚ apart from historical evidence‚ an understanding of the importance and the necessity of the photograph in every day life. In a society that is constantly bombarded by images from different mediums
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Ravishing Disunities: Real Ghazals in English. Middleton‚ Conn.: Wesleyan University Press. Anderson‚ B. . Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Rev. ed. London: Verso. Benjamin‚ W. . “On Some Motifs in Baudelaire.” In his Illuminations‚ edited and with an introduction by Hannah Arendt‚ translated by Harry Zohn. New York: Schocken. See Certeau ()‚ where‚ in chapter ‚ he discusses the dominance of a centralized culture which imposes itself as a singularity
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break of two months‚ June and July 1916‚ when Artaud was conscripted into the French Army. He was allegedly discharged due to his self-induced habit of sleep-walking. During Artaud’s “rest cures” at the sanatorium‚ he read Arthur Rimbaud‚ Charles Baudelaire‚ and Edgar Allan Poe. In May 1919‚ the
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Academic Institutionalization of the "fine arts” and the nature of academic instruction * The academy set the standard for what was art. * Very specific criteria * Only allowed to do History Painting: an event out of history‚ the bible‚ or mythology * Other than history – portrait‚ still lives‚ genre painting * Subject matter: history/mythology/politics * Studying in Rome was the high point of artistic development * Mengs‚ Parnassus‚ 1761 *
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The representation of the female nude in art history exists in abundance; as does the prototype from which these nudes are styled. The focus of this essay will be the masterpieces Venus of Urbino‚ 1538‚ Titian Vecelli painted in the period referred to as the High Renaissance; being a study of methods systems and standardized practice of art. Along with Grande Odalisque‚ 1814‚ Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres‚ painted during the Neo-Classical period; concerned with the ideal‚ harmonious‚ naturalistic
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MODERNISM Even if under the term “Modernism” there are different movements including Symbolism‚ Post-Impressionism‚ Cubism‚ Futurism and so on‚ common features were the awareness of the sperimental studies that had developed in other disciplines and the loss of faith in the traditional vision of reality and art. As a consequence “modernism” became synonymous with reaction and opposition to the traditional expressive form‚ mainly to representational art. It was persistently experimental and gave
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