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Lacan reframed : a guide for the arts student /

By: Series: Contemporary thinkers reframed seriesPublication details: London : I.B. Tauris, 2008.Description: xvii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781845115487
  • 1845115481
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Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Why Lacan? -- Ch. 1 The Da Vinci Code according to Freud -- Ch. 2 The Da Vinci Code according to Lacan -- Ch. 3 The Thing from another world -- Ch. 4 The lost object -- Ch. 5 What is a picture? -- Ch. 6 Representative of representation -- Ch. 7 Am I a woman or a man? -- Afterword: Enjoy!
Summary: "Single-handedly responsible for the influential and ominous notion of 'the gaze', quoted by everybody yet fully understood by few, Lacan's work can be difficult to grasp. Going back to basics, this introduction guides the reader through Lacan's key concepts by looking at art from the Mona Lisa through to Bridget Riley's paintings, and by looking afresh at key works discussed by Lacan himself, from Holbein's famous The Ambassadors to Velazquez's Las Meninas. Making sense of Lacan's sometimes convoluted style, this highly readable introduction to one of the most frequently quoted thinkers also explores the reasons why human beings make - and look at - art."-- Jacket.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General BF 173 LAC LEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0008941
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Foreword: Why Lacan? -- Ch. 1 The Da Vinci Code according to Freud -- Ch. 2 The Da Vinci Code according to Lacan -- Ch. 3 The Thing from another world -- Ch. 4 The lost object -- Ch. 5 What is a picture? -- Ch. 6 Representative of representation -- Ch. 7 Am I a woman or a man? -- Afterword: Enjoy!

"Single-handedly responsible for the influential and ominous notion of 'the gaze', quoted by everybody yet fully understood by few, Lacan's work can be difficult to grasp. Going back to basics, this introduction guides the reader through Lacan's key concepts by looking at art from the Mona Lisa through to Bridget Riley's paintings, and by looking afresh at key works discussed by Lacan himself, from Holbein's famous The Ambassadors to Velazquez's Las Meninas. Making sense of Lacan's sometimes convoluted style, this highly readable introduction to one of the most frequently quoted thinkers also explores the reasons why human beings make - and look at - art."-- Jacket.

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