Orientador: Olímpio José Pinheiro / Co-orientador: Paula da Cruz Landim / Banca: Luisa D'Orey Capuchio Arruda / Banca: Raul José Ribeiro de Matos Cunca / Banca: Roberto Alcarria do Nascimento / Banca: Cassia Leticia C. Domiciano / Resumo: Esta pesquisa investiga as relações entre o design e a arte tomando o processo de criação de cartazes como eixo de observação dessas relações. O período estudado compreende o Projeto Construtivo Brasileiro, mais especificamente a produção artística de Almir Mavignier e sua posterior atuação como designer gráfico. A pesquisa observa a produção em arte de Mavignier para que a partir dela, se analisem os caminhos por ele traçados de modo que se entendam os fatores que o levaram a alcançar a mensagem e a forma gráfica atual com que o mesmo trabalha. As relações estabelecidas com a atualidade se valem da produção de cartazes na sua fase pós-concretista até o presente, que o artista realiza na Alemanha, aonde reside e estabelece um ateliê/estúdio. Além disso, é realizado um comparativo entre os cartazes aditivos de Almir Mavignier e uma produção contemporânea dos cartazes finalistas do concurso do Museu da Casa Brasileira a fim de averiguar indícios de similitudes entre ambas produções. Como resultados, apresentamos uma série de análises gráficas realizadas sobre dez objetos gráficos, que possibilitarão responder às questões formuladas como tese. / Abstract: This research investigates the relation between design and art taking the process of creating posters as axis of observation of these connexions. The study period comprises the Brazilian Constructive Project, specifically the artistic production of Almir Mavignier and his subsequent performance as a graphic designer. The survey notes the Mavignier art production and from that analyzes the paths that he traced so the factors that led him to reach the message and the current graphic form with which he works could be understood. The relations established with the present make use of the production of posters in his post-concretist phase until the present day in which the artist performs in Germany, where he resides and establishes an atelier / studio. Besides that, it conducted to a comparison between the additives posters of Almir Mavignier and contemporary production finalist posters of the Museu da Casa Brasileira contest to determine similarities of evidence between the two productions. As a result, we present a series of graphical analyzes over ten graphic objects that will allow answer the questions formulated as a thesis. / Doutor

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:22:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-04-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:07:56Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_pcn_me_ia.pdf: 2121158 bytes, checksum: c65389f72cc8c8fdd5ed879840881b2b (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / A presente pesquisa justifica-se pela escassez de estudos contrapondo as práticas artísticas dos cinéticos venezuelanos às dos concretos paulistas, ainda que os dois movimentos tenham sido contemporâneos e influenciado fortemente a produção artística em seus respectivos países. A pesquisa foi feita por meio de levantamento bibliográfico, trabalhos acadêmicos, artigos e catálogos de exposições relacionadas ao tema. Foi elaborada de forma comparativa, buscando identificar fontes de referência e bibliografia específica com o objetivo de estabelecer as influências construtivas européias pertinentes à produção da arte concreta no Brasil e à arte cinética na Venezuela durante a década de 1950. Assim, são exploradas as similaridades entre os movimentos, partindo-se, para tanto, de suas raízes construtivas, para chegar às suas respectivas particularidades. Delimita-se o escopo da presente pesquisa à obra de três artistas de cada movimento e suas respectivas produções no período em questão. São eles: Luiz Sacilotto, Judith Lauand e Geraldo de Barros, no que tange aos concretos, e Jesús Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez e Alejandro Otero em relação aos cinéticos. Apresenta-se o surgimento do concretismo em São Paulo, em volta do Grupo Ruptura sob forte influência das ideias construtivistas defendidas por Waldemar Cordeiro e das tendências abstracionistas no Brasil à época. Paralelamente, explora-se o impacto do grupo Los Disidientes, articulado por Otero e suas repercussões na obra de Soto e Cruz-Diez, bem como o contexto venezuelano desde a ocasião do Manifesto Los Disidentes (1950) até a adoção da abstração no país. Examina-se a convergência dos artistas em Paris durante os anos 1950, o que possibilitou o intercâmbio das experiências de Alejandro Otero, Carlos Cruz-Diez e Jesús Rafael Soto. Da mesma... / This research is justified by the lack of studies comparing the kinetics artistics practices of Venezuela and concrete practices from São Paulo. This work was made through research of bibliography, academic papers, articles and exhibitions catalogues related to the theme. It has been done in a comparative manner aiming to identify references and specific bibliographies with the purpose of establishing the constructive European influences related to the production of a concrete art in Brazil and a kInetic art in Venezuela in the 1950s. Therefore, it explores the movement similarities from their constructive roots to their respective particularities. The scope of this research is limited to the work of three artists of each movement and to their respective productions during the period in question. They are: Luiz Sacilotto, Judith Lauand and Geraldo de Barros for the concretes; and Jesús Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez and Alejandro Otero for the kinetics. There is a discussion about the origin of the concrete movement in São Paulo, around the Ruptura Group, under the influence of the constructivist ideas championed by Waldemar Cordeiro and the abstract tendencies in Brazil at the time. It is also presented the impact of Los Disidientes Group articulated by Otero and its repercussion in the work of Soto and Cruz-Diez, in addition to the Venezuelan context since of the release of Manifesto Los Disidientes (1950) until the adoption of abstraction in the country. The research also analyses the convergence of the artists in Paris during the 1950s which enable the experience interchange between Alejandro Otero, Carlos Cruz-Diez e Jesús Rafael Soto. In the same way, there will be a discussion about the limitations of the adoption of the abstract geometrical language as the way through modernization and rationality which characterizes and... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Percival Tirapeli / Banca: José Leonardo do Nascimento / Banca: Ana Maria Nogueira / Resumo: A presente pesquisa justifica-se pela escassez de estudos contrapondo as práticas artísticas dos cinéticos venezuelanos às dos concretos paulistas, ainda que os dois movimentos tenham sido contemporâneos e influenciado fortemente a produção artística em seus respectivos países. A pesquisa foi feita por meio de levantamento bibliográfico, trabalhos acadêmicos, artigos e catálogos de exposições relacionadas ao tema. Foi elaborada de forma comparativa, buscando identificar fontes de referência e bibliografia específica com o objetivo de estabelecer as influências construtivas européias pertinentes à produção da arte concreta no Brasil e à arte cinética na Venezuela durante a década de 1950. Assim, são exploradas as similaridades entre os movimentos, partindo-se, para tanto, de suas raízes construtivas, para chegar às suas respectivas particularidades. Delimita-se o escopo da presente pesquisa à obra de três artistas de cada movimento e suas respectivas produções no período em questão. São eles: Luiz Sacilotto, Judith Lauand e Geraldo de Barros, no que tange aos concretos, e Jesús Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez e Alejandro Otero em relação aos cinéticos. Apresenta-se o surgimento do concretismo em São Paulo, em volta do Grupo Ruptura sob forte influência das ideias construtivistas defendidas por Waldemar Cordeiro e das tendências abstracionistas no Brasil à época. Paralelamente, explora-se o impacto do grupo Los Disidientes, articulado por Otero e suas repercussões na obra de Soto e Cruz-Diez, bem como o contexto venezuelano desde a ocasião do Manifesto Los Disidentes (1950) até a adoção da abstração no país. Examina-se a convergência dos artistas em Paris durante os anos 1950, o que possibilitou o intercâmbio das experiências de Alejandro Otero, Carlos Cruz-Diez e Jesús Rafael Soto. Da mesma... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract:This research is justified by the lack of studies comparing the kinetics artistics practices of Venezuela and concrete practices from São Paulo. This work was made through research of bibliography, academic papers, articles and exhibitions catalogues related to the theme. It has been done in a comparative manner aiming to identify references and specific bibliographies with the purpose of establishing the constructive European influences related to the production of a concrete art in Brazil and a kInetic art in Venezuela in the 1950s. Therefore, it explores the movement similarities from their constructive roots to their respective particularities. The scope of this research is limited to the work of three artists of each movement and to their respective productions during the period in question. They are: Luiz Sacilotto, Judith Lauand and Geraldo de Barros for the concretes; and Jesús Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez and Alejandro Otero for the kinetics. There is a discussion about the origin of the concrete movement in São Paulo, around the Ruptura Group, under the influence of the constructivist ideas championed by Waldemar Cordeiro and the abstract tendencies in Brazil at the time. It is also presented the impact of Los Disidientes Group articulated by Otero and its repercussion in the work of Soto and Cruz-Diez, in addition to the Venezuelan context since of the release of Manifesto Los Disidientes (1950) until the adoption of abstraction in the country. The research also analyses the convergence of the artists in Paris during the 1950s which enable the experience interchange between Alejandro Otero, Carlos Cruz-Diez e Jesús Rafael Soto. In the same way, there will be a discussion about the limitations of the adoption of the abstract geometrical language as the way through modernization and rationality which characterizes and... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Orientador: Marco Antonio Alves do Valle / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T03:31:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gregato_MarciaElisadePaiva_D.pdf: 14762088 bytes, checksum: e0c9ad0964bcf746b913cef35276b5b2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A presente tese apresenta como meta o estudo teórico, crítico e histórico da obra do escultor brasileiro Gastão Manoel Henrique, catalogando os trabalhos produzidos pelo artista a partir da década de cinquenta, investigando suas preocupações expressivas no contexto da história da arte na qual se encontra inserido, bem como analisando a organização formal e espacial das obras e seus procedimentos, comparando-as entre si e também alinhando-as aos trabalhos de outros artistas do período a fim de compreendê-las e classificá-las em distintas sete fases que configuram um recorte da obra do artista até o presente momento. A compreensão desse conjunto de obras se dá através do exame inicial de algumas das questões que marcam a introdução da arte moderna abstrata no Brasil dos anos cinquenta, apontando a Semana de Arte Moderna como marco inicial de nossa tradição artística, passando pela intervenção de Lúcio Costa, na tentativa de modernização da Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, que foi um dos primeiros atos do Governo Vargas com a nomeação dos diretores da área da cultura. Foram analisadas também, por sua relevância, as duas vertentes presentes e formadoras do Movimento Modernista no Brasil, sendo a primeira delas, representada por Graça Aranha, e identificada na obra de Ismael Nery no que diz respeito à aproximação dos artistas cariocas do surrealismo e dadaísmo internacionais; e a segunda, identificada na obra de Candido Portinari e representada por Mário de Andrade, tornando-se hegemônica com a revolução de 1930 e sua vinda para o Ministério da Educação e Saúde Pública - MESP, na gestão Gustavo Capanema. O estudo dessas duas vertentes possibilita a identificação de suas distintas conceituações teóricas, estéticas e ideológicas, bem como o reconhecimento da proximidade que há entre o Modernismo representado por Graça Aranha e os primeiros trabalhos de Gastão Manoel Henrique, nos quais se percebe a relação com outros artistas pioneiros do modernismo internacional, entre os quais se destaca Giorgio de Chirico, de onde se atribui a presença dos motivos arquitetônicos encontrados nos desenhos dos anos cinquenta. Foram também incorporados à tese os relatos do artista acerca das influências recebidas de seu pai, Elmano Henrique, cartazista de profissão e responsável pela educação estética do jovem Gastão, principalmente no que diz respeito ao rigor na fatura artística e conceitual, características identificadas em toda sua produção. Para a compreensão e argumentação das diversas fases, foram necessários ainda o estudo das participações do artista em exposições chaves da neovanguarda brasileira introdutora da arte contemporânea no Brasil; os diálogos múltiplos estabelecidos a partir de meados da década de sessenta entre artistas e espectadores, identificados também na obra de Lygia Clark e iniciados pelo filósofo Merleau-Ponty; e ainda, a partir dos anos oitenta, a influência de Constantin Brancusi, que produziu reverberações tanto em Gastão Manoel Henrique quanto em seu amigo Sergio Camargo. As sete fases identificadas e analisadas a partir desta pesquisa constituem um trabalho inédito que pretende inaugurar na Universidade Brasileira o estudo da obra deste escultor, apontando caminhos para novas pesquisas que possam surgir nacional e internacionalmente / Abstract: A study of the work of Gastão Manoel Henrique: a hypothesis about the different phases The present thesis presents as its goal, the theoretical, critic and historic study of the work from the Brazilian sculptor Gastão Manoel Henrique, cataloguing the works produced by the artist since the fifties, investigating his expressive concerns in the historical context of the art in which he is inserted, as well as analyzing the formal and spatial organization of the works and its procedures, comparing them among themselves and also aligning them with the works of other artists of the same period in order to understand and classify them in seven distinct phases which configure an indention of the artist work until the present moment. The understanding of these set of works is done through the initial examination of some questions that characterize the introduction of the abstract art in Brazil during the fifties, taking the "Semana de Arte Moderna" (Modern Art Week) as the initial landmark of our artistic tradition, passing through the intervention of Lúcio Costa in his attempt to modernize the "Escola Nacional de Belas Artes" (Arts National School), which was one of the first acts of the Vargas Government with the nomination of a director in the area of culture. It was also analyzed, because of its relevance, the two streams present in the formation of Modern Movement in Brazil. The fist one is represented by Graça Aranha, and it is identified in the work of Ismael Nery with respect to the approximation of the artists from Rio de Janeiro to the international Surrealism and Dadaism. The second one is identified in the work of Cândido Portinari and represented by Mário de Andrade, becoming hegemonic with the 1930 Revolution and his coming to the Ministry of Education and Public Health, in the administration of Gustavo Capanema. The study of these two streams made possible the identification of its distinct theoretical conceptions, esthetics and ideologies, as well as the recognition of the proximity between the Modernism represented by Graça Aranha and the first works of Gastão Manoel Henrique, in which it is noticed the relationship with other pioneer artists of the international Modernism, among whom we find Giorgio de Chirico, from whom it is attributed the presence of the architectural motifs found in the drawings of the fifties. It was also incorporated in the dissertation the reports of the artist about the influence he received from his father, Elmano Henrique, cartoonist as a profession and responsible for the esthetic education of the young Gastão, especially in respect to the strength in the artistic fatura and conceptual, identified characteristics in his production. In order to understand and argue the many phases, it was necessary the study of the artist participation in key Brazilian neo-vanguard expositions which were the beginning of the contemporary art in Brazil; and the multiple dialogues initiated in the mid sixties between artists and the audience, also identified on the work of Lygia Clark, and started by the philosopher Merleau-Ponty; and also, beginning in the eighties the influence of Constantin Brancusi, who produced reverberations not only in Gastão Manoel Henrique but also in his friend Sérgio Camargo. The seven phases identified and analyzed on this research constitute a singular work that pretend to inaugurate in the Brazilian University the study of the work of this sculptor, showing ways for new research that might come in the national and international scenario / Doutorado / Doutor em Artes

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.

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.