To browse Academia. The research explores the complex interplay between innovation and authenticity in Picasso's iconic painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, highlighting how the depiction of women and themes of anxiety significantly contribute to the work's interpretation. By examining historical critiques and the emotional reactions elicited by the painting, it argues that the terrifying portrayal of the figures reflects societal anxieties surrounding sexuality and artistic authenticity.
The paper culminates in the assertion that Picasso's formal innovations served as a response to the tumultuous relationship between viewers and the often horrifying imagery within the painting. The paper argues against interpretations of Les Demoiselles that look for its meaning in Picasso's state of mind and treat it as the expression of a struggle with his personal demons. Rather, it interprets both versions of the painting as a response and contrast to Matisse's Le Bonheur de vivre, which is proposed as the main intertext of Les Demoiselles.
Moreover, an excursus into Lacanian theory allows the author not only to explain the supposed inconsistencies of Les Demoiselles , but also to propose that in its final version it is a meta-painting which analyses the way representation comes into being. In this article I follows different types of aesthetic fear, that is an anxiety induced by a work of art, from aesthetic and anthropological perspectives.
I interested in haw fear and pleasure are related in the catharsis, in Edmund Burke's notion of sublime, in Goya's Black Paintings, as well as in the thought of Paul Virilio. The aesthetic fear appears together withe other feelings such as pity or sadness , and primarily together with pleasure, which then is either autonomous or is born from a fascination with evil. Presented here for the first time are a small excerpt of the massive amount of notes I took on the philosophy of art and art-historiographic, hermeneutic exegesis, circa These are some of the results and findings of that research program, which continues to this day, 20 years later.
I plan to continue this research in the coming year and I'm hoping to maybe give a conference or two on my 30 years of interdisciplinary art and research. Alternative Standpoints: Tribute to Kalidas Bhattacharya, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Equity, Teaching Practice and the Curriculum, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link.
