Fontana-Giusti, Gordana (2016) The Unconscious and Space: Venice and the work of Albrecht Dürer. In: Holm, Lorens and Hendrix, John Shannon, eds. Architecture and the Unconscious. First Edition. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 27-44. ISBN 978-1-4724-5647-2. E-ISBN 978-1-315-56769-3. (doi:10.4324/9781315567693-10) (KAR id:80217)
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the unconscious and space in the work of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). By unearthing the layers of history and mapping the dynamics of Dürer’s spatial unconscious, it proposes a multifaceted argument of his work that considers Dürer not solely as a painter and engraver, but as a theorist of perspective, human proportions and architecture of fortifications, as evident in his treatises and commissions. The proposed analysis of Dürer’s opus examines the nature of his understanding of space and spatiality in the context of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. It considers relevant works by Dürer in relation to his place of birth and subsequent travels. The attention is directed to the nature of Dürer’s stay in Venice and the ways in which the city had affected him on various levels including the unconscious. The argument concludes by discussing how Dürer’s spatially innovative work was constituted in relation to melancholia imaginativa.
Item Type: | Book section |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.4324/9781315567693-10 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Venice, space, Dürer, perspective, architecture, urban design, spatial analysis, unconscious, sexuality, melancholia, |
Subjects: |
N Visual Arts > ND Painting N Visual Arts > NE Print media |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Kent School of Architecture and Planning |
Depositing User: | Gordana Fontana-Giusti |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2020 14:22 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 12:45 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/80217 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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