Signs of Psyche in Modern and Postmodern Art

by Donald B. Kuspit

Book Overview

Signs of Psyche in Modern and Post-Modern Art examines the psychological dimension of visual culture in the twentieth century. Analysing the ways in which psychoanalysis can be used to understand art and culture, Donald Kuspit argues that modern art affirms subjectivity, whereas postmodern art, which is characterised as cynical and glamorous, denies it while, paradoxically, being unable to escape it. Assessing the depth-psychological implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521446112
• ISBN13: 9780521446112
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"