عنوان

Jung, a mystical aesthetic, and abstract art

Number

LA112762

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Jung, a mystical aesthetic, and abstract art

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

John Dourley

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

On the question of aesthetics, Jung makes a clear distinction between aestheticism and aesthetics. He dismissed the former as lacking substance and moral commitment, but allows that his psychology can never usurp but can contribute to a depth aesthetic. On close examination, this aesthetic rests on the manifestation of the archetypal in all forms of creativity. As such, it is closely related to the spiritual and religious. Modern expressionist and abstract art was consciously influenced by the apophatic mystical tradition to which Jung himself was drawn. Kandinsky and Arp are significant representatives of this tradition who were influenced by mystical experience - especially that of Jacob Boehme, one of Jung's key intellectual ancestors. The paper works to identify the rudiments of a Jungian aesthetic and show its compatibility with the work and theory of Kandinsky, Arp and the expressionist/abstract project. On the question of aesthetics, Jung makes a clear distinction between aestheticism and aesthetics. He dismissed the former as lacking substance and moral commitment, but allows that his psychology can never usurp but can contribute to a depth aesthetic. On close examination, this aesthetic rests on the manifestation of the archetypal in all forms of creativity. As such, it is closely related to the spiritual and religious. Modern expressionist and abstract art was consciously influenced by the apophatic mystical tradition to which Jung himself was drawn. Kandinsky and Arp are significant representatives of this tradition who were influenced by mystical experience - especially that of Jacob Boehme, one of Jung's key intellectual ancestors. The paper works to identify the rudiments of a Jungian aesthetic and show its compatibility with the work and theory of Kandinsky, Arp and the expressionist/abstract project.

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

4-18

Title

International Journal of Jungian Studies

Volume Number

7/1

International Standard Serial Number

1940-9060

Subject Term

abstract art;

Subject Term

aesthetic;

Subject Term

aestheticism;

Subject Term

Boehme;

Subject Term

expressionism;

Subject Term

Kandinsky and Arp

Subject Term

mysticism;

John Dourley

Call Number

10.1080/19409052.2014.924687

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

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