Picturing the cosmos : Surrealism, astronomy, astrology, and the Tarot, 1920s-1940s
This dissertation explores the presence and meaning of astronomical elements in the creative work of Surrealist artists and writers who were involved with the movement from the 1920s to the 1940s. Set against a backdrop of widespread popular interest in astronomy in France during these decades and...
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ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-232522015-09-20T17:20:35ZPicturing the cosmos : Surrealism, astronomy, astrology, and the Tarot, 1920s-1940sBusby, Ashley LynnSurrealismArt and astronomyArt and the occultArt and astrologyArt and the TarotAndre BretonRemedios VaroLeonora CarringtonOscar DominguezMattaWolfgang PaalenMax ErnstJoan MiroThis dissertation explores the presence and meaning of astronomical elements in the creative work of Surrealist artists and writers who were involved with the movement from the 1920s to the 1940s. Set against a backdrop of widespread popular interest in astronomy in France during these decades and those directly preceding them, Surrealists such as André Breton, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Wolfgang Paalen, Oscar Domínguez, Matta, Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, and Kurt Seligmann all addressed cosmic themes in their artistic production. This dissertation identifies and analyzes their varied engagement with such themes, including their presence in the related areas of astrology and the Tarot. The heavens offered the Surrealists a rich terrain for invention—one that could be seen as scientific or occult, fanciful or factual, as well as ancient or up-to-date. In their quest to access previously unknown realms of reality, the Surrealists found in the little-explored and often strange territory of outer space a new realm for creative invention. As such, these artists and writers projected their surreal visions onto the universe in their continued search for the marvelous.text2014-02-19T15:55:08Z2013-122013-08-23December 20132014-02-19T15:55:08Zapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/23252en_US |
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Surrealism Art and astronomy Art and the occult Art and astrology Art and the Tarot Andre Breton Remedios Varo Leonora Carrington Oscar Dominguez Matta Wolfgang Paalen Max Ernst Joan Miro Busby, Ashley Lynn Picturing the cosmos : Surrealism, astronomy, astrology, and the Tarot, 1920s-1940s |
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This dissertation explores the presence and meaning of astronomical elements in the creative work of Surrealist artists and writers who were involved with the movement from the 1920s to the 1940s. Set against a backdrop of widespread popular interest in astronomy in France during these decades and those directly preceding them, Surrealists such as André Breton, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Wolfgang Paalen, Oscar Domínguez, Matta, Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington, and Kurt Seligmann all addressed cosmic themes in their artistic production. This dissertation identifies and analyzes their varied engagement with such themes, including their presence in the related areas of astrology and the Tarot. The heavens offered the Surrealists a rich terrain for invention—one that could be seen as scientific or occult, fanciful or factual, as well as ancient or up-to-date. In their quest to access previously unknown realms of reality, the Surrealists found in the little-explored and often strange territory of outer space a new realm for creative invention. As such, these artists and writers projected their surreal visions onto the universe in their continued search for the marvelous. === text |
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