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Psychology, art, and antifascism : Ernst Kris, E.H. Gombrich, and the politics of caricature / Louis Rose

Catalog Data

Author:
Rose, Louis  Search this
Subject:
Kris, Ernst 1900-1957  Search this
Gombrich, E. H (Ernst Hans) 1909-2001  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 295 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Austria
Date:
2016
Contents:
The Unfinished Project -- Toward a Psychology of Art, 1919-32 -- The Vienna-London Connection, 1932-36 -- Daumier in Vienna, 1936 -- The Caricature Book, 1936-38 -- From Vienna to London and New York, 1938-41 -- War Work, 1941-45 -- Between Past and Future, 1945-65
Summary:
"In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E.H. Gombrich to collaborate on a project that had implications for psychology and neuroscience, and foreshadowed their contributions to the Allied war effort. Their subject: caricature and its use and abuse in propaganda. Their collaboration was a seminal early effort to integrate science, the humanities, and political awareness. In this fascinating biographical and intellectual study, Louis Rose explores the content of Kris and Gombrich's project and its legacy"-- Provided by publisher.
Topic:
Art historians  Search this
Psychology and art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1093473