Echo of the Unconscious in Painting: A Case Study

A psychoanalytic approach in research of the origin of creativity reveals: significant emotional experience is the base for formation of personal iconography, unconscious symbolism; biological (sexual and aggressive drives), psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of human existence have been transformed into the imagery; the metaphorical meanings of forms, colors, and composition manifest latent content, deciphered during analysis.

About the author

Naum G. Itkin, M.D., Ph.D., retired psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and researcher at Moscow State University, Faculty of Psychology; co-author of the book, Hypnosis in Experimental Personality Research.

Product details

• Authors: Naum G. Itkin, Susanne Schuenke
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781732220522
• ISBN: 978-1-73222-052-2
• No. of pages: 412
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 286 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1793 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries