FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gustave Courbet, Jacques Lacan, Erasistratus
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Psychoanalysis: seeks to discover connections among the unconscious. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Best known for theories of unconscious mind and redefinition of sexual desire, saw dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires. Has impact on literature, film, marxist and feminist theories, literary criticism, philosophy and psychology. Words of dreams, art, myths, world religion and philosophy. Interested in eastern vs. western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, sociology and literature and arts. Renewed concentration upon freudian concepts of unconscious, the castration complex. Intention must be taken to include desires, beliefs, emotions, commitments, wishes the viewer will infer the intention from the way the painting looks and this, wollheim believed. Presupposes a universal human nature in which artist and audience share. Well known for his discussion of sigmund freud. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) This scene, refers to the affair that the painter experienced. The picture is a revenge for an unfulfilled desire.
