Freud, Leonardo Da Vinci, and the Vulture's Tail: A Refreshing Look at Leonardo's Sexuality
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (965 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1892746824 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He has lectured at several universities and art museums across the United States, as well as in Denmark, Norway, France, Switzerland, and Australia, and published many essays and reviews on subjects ranging from Italian Renaissance to twentieth-century art. About the Author Wayne Andersen is Professor Emeritus, History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He resides in Boston. He is the author of seven books, including Gauguin's Paradise Lost (A New York Times "Book of the Times"), and Picasso's Brothel (Other Press)
One Slip and a Century of Repercussions A Customer It has taken some 90 years for someone, namely, Professor Wayne Andersen, to reveal that one author after another, including Freud and Meyer Schapiro, failed to read Leonardo's reminisence of the "vulture" visitation to his cradle, but depended on a 1900 faulty transscription. A. "Psychoanalytical Approach To Leonardo's Life and Works" according to Burak Kilic. Freud had developed many theories on human sexuality and behavior, that he'd based on his main theme of sexual tensions present in human's nature. His terms, such as 'ego', 'superego', 'libido', are widely used today, for all sorts of explanations to our psychological and social. An Infectious Book Wayne Andersen is an infectious writer and an infectious thinker. His book on Leonardo and Freud has all the ingredients that makes for an excellent read, where one learns as much about Freud as about Leonardo, and about Andersen himself in the bargain. James Beck, Professor of
Wayne Andersen is Professor Emeritus, History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He resides in Boston. He has lectured at several universities and art museums across the United States, as well as in Denmark, Norway, France, Switzerland, and Australia, and published many essays and reviews on subjects ranging from Italian Renaissance
This book has all the ingredients that make for an excellent read, where one learns as much about Freud as about Leonardo, and about Andersen himself in the bargain.”-James Beck, Professor of Art History, Columbia University. Moving skillfully between fifteenth-century Florence and twentieth-century Vienna, noted author and art historian Wayne Andersen revisits the first psychoanalytic biography, Sigmund Freud’s 1910 study of Leonardo da Vinci, and offers an entirely new interpretation of Leonardo’s sexuality.“Wayne Andersen is an infectious writer and an infectious thinker