Die Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit dem Werk des Dresdner Künstlers Hermann Glöckner (1889-1987) entgegen der bisherigen biografisch geprägten Sicht mit einem kunsttheoretischen Ansatz. Methodisch wird dabei das Werk im ersten Teil einer strengen Deskription unterzogen und funktionslogisch analysiert, d. h., die Bearbeitung stellt eine Art gestalterische Grammatik auf. Vor dem historischen Hintergrund einer Selbstfindung der Malerei nach dem 1. Weltkrieg ausgebreitet, wird durch die Grammatik deutlich, dass der Künstler weit mehr als bisher angenommen, einen mathematisch geprägten Weltzugang besaß und dieser indirekt zu einer Suche nach Universalität geführt hat. Neuland wird insbesondere bei der Darlegung von künstlerischen Denkstrukturen betreten. So kann gezeigt werden, dass sich in allen künstlerischen Äußerungen ein vornehmlich plastisches Denken manifestiert. Obwohl einige Arbeiten eindeutig zweidimensional angelegt sind, reflektieren sie dreidimensionale Probleme und weisen damit über sich hinaus in ein naturfremdes Universum. Es wird deutlich, wie der Künstler aus der beobachtbaren Natur Anregung und Kraft bezieht, seine künstlerischen Arbeiten aber nicht diese Natur spiegeln, sondern ihre Transzendenz geometrisch ausdrücken. Die Erkenntnisse des Künstlers aus diesem epistemologischen Malprozess fließen unmittelbar in Werke ein, deren optische Erscheinungen scheinbar ein Äquivalent in der Außenwelt besitzen. Aber auch bei diesen handelt es sich um einen nachprüfbaren, allgemeinen (universalen) malerischen Versuch, das Wesen oder den inneren Klang der Natur in einer "Einheit der Gegensätze" zu fassen. Die Analyse endet mit der Feststellung, dass sich die künstlerische Haltung Glöckners von einer konstruktivistischen zu einer eher symbolischen wandelt. Im zweiten Teil hinterfragt die Dissertation den bestehenden Forschungsstand in Bezug auf die durch politische Isolation begründete Eigenständigkeit bei der Entwicklung des künstlerischen Weges, die auch für eine Bewertung des künstlerischen Werkes im internationalen Kontext ein Hauptargument stellt. Durch weit reichende Recherchen wird das künstlerische Umfeld des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts in Dresden beschrieben, in dem sich der Künstler entwickelt hat. Dabei werden signifikante Verbindungen zu entscheidenden Entwicklungsimpulsen im Werk geknüpft, sodass deren Besonderheiten vor einer historischen Folie an Transparenz gewinnen. Entscheidend sind dabei einzelne Kunstwerke in Dresdner Ausstellungen insbesondere der 1920er Jahre, die der Künstler Hermann Glöckner gesehen haben muss, da sie zu seinem eigenen Werk eine hohe Evidenz besitzen. Einen bisher ganz vernachlässigten Akzent setzt die Dissertation mit der Untersuchung zur Schulzeit des Künstlers. Trotz reformatorischer Bewegungen seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts ist der Zeichenunterricht in den Volksschulen kaum im modernen Sinne entwickelt. Gerade aber die strenge und reduzierte Form, die Lenkung der Wahrnehmung und Schulung der Hand auf elementare Formen und deren Übertragung auf die Natur, werden zu Katalysatoren der künstlerischen Entwicklung Glöckners. Ganz ungewöhnlich wird hier eine ansonsten als Beengung und Reglementierung empfundene Lehrmeinung affirmativ in eine künstlerische Haltung transformiert, die ihre Freiheit in der Beschränkung findet. Im dritten Teil stehen die kunsttheoretische Bestimmung Glöckners und deren Bewertung im internationalen Kontext im Mittelpunkt der Ausführungen. Wichtigste Erkenntnis ist, dass der Künstler zwar nicht öffentlich immer gesehen, aber im Werk begründet, an den wesentlichen kunsttheoretischen Zeugungsattacken der Moderne durch seine Werke sozusagen ideell mitgearbeitet hat. Seine Arbeiten besitzen den gleichen, an einzelnen Stellen sogar einen radikaleren Charakter, wie die Schlüsselwerke am Anfang des letzten Jahrhunderts. Bestechend ist die Authentizität der Werke Glöckners, weil er sein ganzes Leben an einem Spiegel der Welt gearbeitet hat, der er selber war. / The dissertation explores the work of Dresden artist Hermann Glöckner (1889-1987). Contrary to existing studies which have been characterized by biographical approaches, this dissertation follows an approach based on theory of art. In the first part, the method is to strictly describe his work and analyze it according to functional logic; i. e. during this process a kind of artistic grammar is being produced. Set against the historical background of a search for a new identity by painters after World War One, the grammar shows clearly that the artist cherished – way more than hitherto assumed – a world view shaped by mathematic principles which, indirectly, led him on to a search for universality. The demonstration of the structures of the artist's way of thinking breaks new ground and shows that in all of his artistic expressions a primarily plastic way of thinking manifests itself. Although a few of his works are unequivocally arranged in a two-dimensional order, they reflect three-dimensional problems and thus point beyond themselves to a universe alien to nature. It becomes clear how the artist gains stimulus and energy by observing nature, while his works of art do not mirror this nature, but express their transcendence in a geometrical manner. The artist's insights gained during this epistemological painting process directly leave their mark on works which by their visual appearance seem to possess an equivalent in the outside world. However, these works also represent a verifiable, universal pictorial experiment to subsume the essence or inner sound of nature in a "unity of opposites". The analysis results in the conclusion that Glöckner's aesthetic position developed from a constructivist to a rather symbolic one. The second part of the thesis challenges the current state of research in relation to the autonomous artistic development due to political isolation, which also constitutes one of the main arguments for the assessment of Glöckner's works of art in the international context. Findings from extensive research describe the artistic environment of the early 20th century in Dresden in which the artist developed. At the same time significant connections to pivotal impulses in the development of his work are revealed so that their exceptional quality is demonstrated more clearly against a historic backdrop. Of key importance are individual works from art exhibitions in Dresden, especially from the 1920s, which Hermann Glöckner must have seen, since there are highly evident links to his own works. In studying the schooldays of the artist, the dissertation puts emphasis on a hitherto completely neglected aspect. Despite educational reforms starting in the middle of the 19th century, drawing lessons in elementary schools were hardly modernized. However, of all things the austere and reduced form, a controlled perception and the training in drawing elementary forms and assigning these to nature, turn out to be catalysts of Glöckner's artistic development. A doctrine otherwise perceived as restrictive and regularised as in an educational context is transformed in quite an extraordinary manner affirmatively into an aesthetic position which finds its artistic license in limitation. The focus of attention of the third part of the thesis is to determine Glöckner's position within theory of art and its evaluation in an international context. The main conclusion is that the artist as it were contributed with his ideas rooted in his oeuvre to the fundamental creative acts giving rise to modernist art theory, which has, however, not always been publicly acknowledged. His works possess the same character as the key works of art of the beginning of the last century and in some respects are even more radical than these. The authenticity of Glöckner's oeuvre is impressive, for all his life he had been working on a mirror of the world, which was he himself.

[ES] La presente investigación trata sobre la pintura de Paisaje en La Montaña. Así se conocía a la actual Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria cuando en el siglo XIX varios artistas comenzaron a pintar Paisajes sin haber existido ningún precedente en la región que se adscribiera al género. Desde este hito social, artístico e histórico que supuso el surgimiento de la idea moderna del paisaje, la pintura de Paisaje ha persistido en el campo de la creación local, donde ha evolucionado influenciada por el desarrollo de las ideas artísticas modernas hasta la contemporaneidad. Por tanto, la pintura de Paisaje se ha mantenido vigente en cada una de las épocas posteriores, desechando la idea de que pudiera ser una moda decimonónica pasajera, gracias a las condiciones morfológicas de la geografía elegida. Para demostrar la hipótesis, en un primer capítulo se investiga sobre la semántica del paisaje como concepto, en un segundo capítulo se indaga sobre los orígenes del género del Paisaje en la pintura, desde un horizonte general hasta el marco geográfico definido, y, por último, se muestra la investigación artística realizada acerca de la idea del Paisaje Montañés junto con los resultados plásticos obtenidos. / [CA] La present investigació tracta sobre la pintura de Paisatge a la Muntanya. Així es coneixia a l'actual Comunitat Autònoma de Cantàbria quan en el segle XIX diversos artistes van començar a pintar Paisatges sense haver existit cap precedent a la regió que s'adscriguera al gènere. Des d'aquesta fita social, artístic i històric que va suposar el sorgiment de la idea moderna del paisatge, la pintura de Paisatge ha persistit en el camp de la creació local, on ha evolucionat influenciada pel desenvolupament de les idees artístiques modernes fins a la contemporaneïtat. Per tant, la pintura de Paisatge s'ha mantingut vigent en cadascuna de les èpoques posteriors, rebutjant la idea que poguera ser una moda huitcentista passatgera, gràcies a les condicions morfològiques de la geografia triada. Per a demostrar la hipòtesi, en un primer capítol s'investiga sobre la semàntica del paisatge com a concepte, en un segon capítol s'indaga sobre els orígens del gènere del Paisatge en la pintura, des d'un horitzó general fins al marc geogràfic definit, i, finalment, es mostra la investigació artística realitzada sobre la idea del Paisatge Muntanyés juntament amb els resultats plàstics obtinguts. / [EN] The present investigation deals with the painting of Landscape in the Mountain. This is how the current Autonomous Community of Cantabria was known when, in the 19th century, several artists began to paint Landscapes without having existed any precedent in the region that was ascribed to the genre. Since this social, artistic and historical milestone that led to the emergence of the modern idea of landscape, landscape painting has persisted in the field of local creation, where it has evolved influenced by the development of modern artistic ideas to the contemporary. Therefore, landscape painting has remained current in each of the subsequent periods, rejecting the idea that it could be a passing nineteenth-century fashion, thanks to the morphological conditions of the chosen geography. To demonstrate the hypothesis, in a first chapter the semantics of landscape as a concept is investigated, in a second chapter the origins of the Landscape genre in painting are investigated, from a general horizon to the defined geographical framework, and, finally, , the artistic research carried out on the idea of the Mountain Landscape is shown together with the plastic results obtained. / Alba Rodríguez, V. (2022). El Paisaje Montañés. La pintura de paisaje en Cantabria desde una aproximación contextual y personal [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/190827

(in English) This thesis is a summary of opinions coming from 20th century Czech art historians which wrote about baroque architectural space. Based on reading texts from them I have chosen three cardinal themes characterizing the research of baroque architectural space: tendencies to emancipate architectural space, emphasis on the time based experience of architectural space and interest in luminary qualities of architectural space. In the chapter about time based experience of architectural space I am dealing with the illusion of movement that creates baroque architectural space, with the parallel between baroque architecture and baroque musical compositions and with the principles of designing the so called "moving space" by using illusionary splines. I find a tendency to describe baroque architectural space in a poetical way by Czech art historians due to the process of perceiving architecture happening through the interaction of the human body arrangement. I am focused on philosophy of Martin Heidegger and Hans Georg Gadamer where the support of metaphoric description of baroque architectural space can be found. In the final part of this thesis I write about the symbolic qualities of sacral baroque architectural space. I consider the spatial relationship "above" and "down" as an interpretation...

This thesis examines the philosophical notion of selfhood in visual representation. I introduce the self as a modern and postmodern concept and argue that there is a loss of selfhood in contemporary culture. Via Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Gerhard Richter and the method of deconstruction of language, I theorise selfhood through the figurative and literal analysis of duration, the frame, and the mirror. In this approach, selfhood is understood as aesthetic-ontological relation and construction based on specific techniques of the self. In the first part of the study, I argue for a presentational rather than representational perspective concerning selfhood by translating the photograph Self in the Mirror (1964), the painting Las Meninas (1656), and the video Cornered (1988), into my conception of a cinematic theory of selfhood. Based on the presentation of selfhood in those works, the viewer establishes a cinematic relation to the visual self that extends and transgresses the boundaries of inside and outside, presence and absence, and here and there. In the second part, I interpret epistemic scenes of cinematic works as durational scenes in which selfhood is exposed with respect to the forces of time and space. My close readings of epistemic scenes of the films The Congress (2013), and Boyhood (2014) propose that cinema is a philosophical mirror collecting loss of selfhood over time for the viewer. Further, the cinematic concert A Trip to Japan, Revisited (2013), and the hyper-film Cool World (1992) disperse a spatial sense of selfhood for the viewer. In the third part, I examine moments of selfhood and the forces of death, survival, and love in the practice of contemporary cinematic portraiture in Joshua Oppenheimer’s, Michael Glawogger’s, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ work. While the force of death is interpreted in the portrait of perpetrators in The Act of Killing (2013), and The Look of Silence (2014), the force of survival in the longing for life is analysed in Megacities (1998), Workingman’s death (2005), and Whores’ Glory (2011). Lastly, Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), and The Lobster (2015) present the contemporary human condition as a lost intuition of relationality epitomised in love.

Community art is a multidisciplinary practice that was engendered by two main perspectives on art; a functionalist approach and an ‘art as essential to humanity’ approach. These differing ideological positions led to the construction of polarizing dichotomies that divided the field of practice and stagnated the community art discourse. This thesis re-visions community art as transformative community art (T.C.A.) to integrate a diverse range of practice into a distinct, recognizable field, transcend the binaries inherited from its founding fields, and identify the field as an innovative artistic movement and radical practice for social change. In this thesis T.C.A. is employed as a framework for theorizing practice. Threats to T.C.A. from funding structures, cooptation, and institutionalisation are explored and strategies of resistance identified. The concept of T.C.A. is mobilized to identify areas for future work; raising questions and ideas that can contribute to advancing a more complex, nuanced, and productive discourse.

Community art is a multidisciplinary practice that was engendered by two main perspectives on art; a functionalist approach and an ‘art as essential to humanity’ approach. These differing ideological positions led to the construction of polarizing dichotomies that divided the field of practice and stagnated the community art discourse. This thesis re-visions community art as transformative community art (T.C.A.) to integrate a diverse range of practice into a distinct, recognizable field, transcend the binaries inherited from its founding fields, and identify the field as an innovative artistic movement and radical practice for social change. In this thesis T.C.A. is employed as a framework for theorizing practice. Threats to T.C.A. from funding structures, cooptation, and institutionalisation are explored and strategies of resistance identified. The concept of T.C.A. is mobilized to identify areas for future work; raising questions and ideas that can contribute to advancing a more complex, nuanced, and productive discourse.

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(in English): Represented dissertation dedicated to the issue of male portraits of friends in Italian renaissance painting. Despite of existence of some publications focused on the specific aspects of male portraiture, this area has not been yet given sufficient research interest. In the introductory clause is presented theoretical outline of the male friendship concept of male friendship in the culture of the Italian Renaissance and also some key aspects of the portrait genre. The work is divided into chapters by topic: for example, "Portrait and Antique", "Portrait and Remembrance", "Portrait and Poetry". Some particularly interesting moments were extracted into separate excursions as profile portraits of two men, the subject of a mirror in a portrait genre, the communication possibilities of images. Artworks analyzed in the present research are not classified into a classical model of chronological "development". The pictures are interconnected with theoretical thinking, which is also conditioned by the artwork itself. For each painting, existing researches have been gathered and comprehended. There are also new iconographic interpretations of some of the presented works. For research have been abundantly used literature of period, theoretical writings and poetry. The work tries to respond to...

Secondary World: The Limits of Ludonarrative is a series of short narrative animations that are a theoretical treatise on the limitations of western storytelling in video games. The series covers specific topics relating to film theory, game design and art theory: specifically those associated with Gilles Deleuze, Jean Baudrillard, Jay Bolter, Richard Grusin and Andy Clark. The use of imagery, editing and presentation is intended to physically represent an extension of myself and my thinking process and which are united through the common thread of my personal feelings, thoughts and experiences in the digital age.

Rubens is known as a painter; he should also be defined as an art theorist. Following Robert Williams’ theory that Early Modern art became philosophical, I believe that style can connote art theoretical interests and philosophical models, and that in Rubens’s case, these included the classical Stoic. While it would be possible to trace Rubens’s commitment to Stoicism in his subject matter, I investigate it in his style, taking a Baxandalian approach to inferential criticism. I focus on Rubens’s formal choices, his varied brushwork, and his ability to create a vibrant picture plane. My study is divided into chapters on Ethics, Logic, and Physics. In Chapter One I treat Stoic moral philosophy as an influence in the design of Rubens’s paintings, consider similarities between classical and Early Modern interest in viewer/reader response, and argue that Baroque artists could use style to avoid dogma while targeting viewers’ personal transformation. In Chapter Two I focus on Rhetoric, a section of the Stoic philosophy of Logic. Stoic Logic privileged truth: that is, it centred on investigating existing reality. As such, Stoic rhetorical theory and the classical literature influenced by it promoted a style that is complex and nuanced. I relate this to the Early Modern interest in copia, arguing that this includes Rubens’s painterly style which, apropos copia, should be better termed the Abundant Style. In Chapter Three I explore similarities between Stoic Natural Philosophy and the Early Modern artistic interest in the unified visual field. The Stoics defined the natural world as eternally moving and mixing; with force fields, energy, and elements in constant relationships of cause/effect. The Stoic concept of natural sympathy was a notion of material/energetic interrelatedness in which the world was seen as a living body, and the divine inhered in matter. I consider ways that these classical Stoic concepts of transformation, realism, and vivified matter might be discerned in Rubens’s style. / Graduate / 2023-12-14