Re/Casting Kokoschka: Ethics and Aesthetics, Epistemology and Politics in Fin-De-Sie`cle Vienna

by Claude Cernuschi

This interpretive study of KokoschkaOs Expressionist work critically examines the claims for OtruthO often made on behalf of KokoschkaOs portraits, as well as the fundamental assumptions underlying his portraiture: the interchangeability of the physical and psychological, the psychological veracity of mythical narratives, and the ability of style to convey ethical and epistemological truth. This study also draws attention to the numerous parallels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611472199
• ISBN13: 9781611472196
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 239 Pages