Natures Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form

Name: Natures Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form
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4289598Natures Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Formhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/natures-experiments-and-the-search-for-symbolist-form-9780271079387/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3493571/cc6795d6-a64f-48ab-b307-96bf40c54e29.jpg?v=638385452653630000825916MXNPenn State University PressInStock/Ebooks/This provocative study argues that some of the most inventive artwork of the 1890s was strongly influenced by the methods of experimental science and ultimately foreshadowed twentieth-century modernist practices.Looking at avant-garde figures such as Maurice Denis, Édouard Vuillard, August Strindberg, and Edvard Munch, Allison Morehead considers the conjunction of art making and experimentalism to illuminate how artists echoed the spirit of an increasingly explorative scientific culture in their work and processes. She shows how the concept of natures experimentsthe belief that the study of pathologies led to an understanding of scientific truths, above all about the human mind and bodyextended from the scientific realm into the world of art, underpinned artists solutions to the problem of symbolist form, and provided a ready-made methodology for fin-de-sicle truth seekers. By using experimental methods to transform symbolist theories into visual form, these artists broke from naturalist modes and interrogated concepts such as deformation, automatism, the arabesque, and madness to create modern works that were radically and usefully strange.Focusing on the scientific, psychological, and experimental tactics of symbolism, Natures Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form demystifies the avant-garde value of experimentation and reveals new and important insights into a foundational period for the development of European modernism....4225677Natures Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form825916https://www.gandhi.com.mx/natures-experiments-and-the-search-for-symbolist-form-9780271079387/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3493571/cc6795d6-a64f-48ab-b307-96bf40c54e29.jpg?v=638385452653630000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179780271079387_W3siaWQiOiIwZDMzMjJlZC00Yjk0LTQwNTYtYTIzNi04MzVkMjAyYzM5ODUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjg5NSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjg5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjgwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780271079387_This provocative study argues that some of the most inventive artwork of the 1890s was strongly influenced by the methods of experimental science and ultimately foreshadowed twentieth-century modernist practices.Looking at avant-garde figures such as Maurice Denis, Édouard Vuillard, August Strindberg, and Edvard Munch, Allison Morehead considers the conjunction of art making and experimentalism to illuminate how artists echoed the spirit of an increasingly explorative scientific culture in their work and processes. She shows how the concept of natures experimentsthe belief that the study of pathologies led to an understanding of scientific truths, above all about the human mind and bodyextended from the scientific realm into the world of art, underpinned artists solutions to the problem of symbolist form, and provided a ready-made methodology for fin-de-sicle truth seekers. By using experimental methods to transform symbolist theories into visual form, these artists broke from naturalist modes and interrogated concepts such as deformation, automatism, the arabesque, and madness to create modern works that were radically and usefully strange.Focusing on the scientific, psychological, and experimental tactics of symbolism, Natures Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form demystifies the avant-garde value of experimentation and reveals new and important insights into a foundational period for the development of European modernism....9780271079387_Penn State University Presslibro_electonico_b9c56233-3b19-33d6-9122-f07963c32099_9780271079387;9780271079387_9780271079387Allison MoreheadInglésMéxico2017-02-27T00:00:00+00:00Penn State University Press