No one does history-meets-the-fantastic like Morrow.
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a great example Impressionism versus expressionism, psychology in the asylum of dreams, the weaponization of art, big laughs and big ideas, a wild imagination, and smooth, subtle writing.
Jeffrey Ford, author of
A Natural History of Hell
It is the summer of 1914. As the world teeters on the brink of the Great War, a callow American painter, Francis Wyndham, arrives at a renowned European insane asylum, where he begins offering art therapy under the auspices of Alessandro Caligari sinister psychiatrist, maniacal artist, alleged sorcerer. And determined to turn the impending cataclysm to his financial advantage, Dr. Caligari will for a price allow governments to parade their troops past his masterpiece: a painting so mesmerizing it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle.
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a timely tale that is by turns funny and erotic, tender and bayonet-sharp but ultimately emerges as a love letter to that mysterious, indispensable thing called art.
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a great example Impressionism versus expressionism, psychology in the asylum of dreams, the weaponization of art, big laughs and big ideas, a wild imagination, and smooth, subtle writing.
Jeffrey Ford, author of
A Natural History of Hell
It is the summer of 1914. As the world teeters on the brink of the Great War, a callow American painter, Francis Wyndham, arrives at a renowned European insane asylum, where he begins offering art therapy under the auspices of Alessandro Caligari sinister psychiatrist, maniacal artist, alleged sorcerer. And determined to turn the impending cataclysm to his financial advantage, Dr. Caligari will for a price allow governments to parade their troops past his masterpiece: a painting so mesmerizing it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle.
The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a timely tale that is by turns funny and erotic, tender and bayonet-sharp but ultimately emerges as a love letter to that mysterious, indispensable thing called art.
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Formato EPUB ● Pagine 192 ● ISBN 9781616962661 ● Casa editrice Tachyon Publications ● Pubblicato 2017 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5506896 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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