Author: BURKE, JANINE
Title: The Sphinx on the table : Sigmund Freud's art collection and the development of psychoanalysis
Description: New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed To The Trade By Holtzbrinck Publishers 2006. First US Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 455 pages; Description: 455 p.32 p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ). ports. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-444) and index. Subjects: Freud. Sigmund (1856-1939) --Psychoanalysts --Biography. Summary: Sigmund Freud's collection of Egyptian. Greek and Roman antiquities is one of the art world's best-kept secrets. Over a forty year period he amassed an extraordinary array of nearly three thousand statues. vases. reliefs. busts. rings and prints. For Freud. psychoanalysis and his art collection developed together in a symbiotic. nourishing relationship. each informing and enriching the other. Freud used myth to illustrate controversial theories like the Oedipus complex. situating ancient symbolism in a modern context. He explored the archaeology of the mind. unearthing his patients' dreams and memories while creating a personal museum of ancient treasure. Freud compared the process to analysis. where he. “cleared away material. layer by layer”. to the technique of excavating a buried city. To create a portrait of Freud the art collector. Janine Burke builds a vibrant. richly detailed and intimate image of his life and times. tracing Freud's taste for beautiful things back to his earliest years. The Sphinx on the Table is set against the glittering. decadent. backdrop of fin-de-siecle Vienna where an artistic flowering took place in painting. theater. writing and architecture. by Janine Burke.ISBN: 0802715036. Weight in Kg appr.:

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