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Antoni Tapies and Ramon Llull: Towards a Modern Art of Combination

Hobert, Emilie Adele
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1334003184

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Art/Art History.
The works of Spanish artist Antoni Tapies (1923-2012) draw heavily from the themes of the Spanish Civil War and the Catalan region. These topics have been widely discussed in relation to his art. Scholars also frequently examine the relationship between Tapies’s work and Eastern thought as a major theme throughout his career. While several commentators have noted the influence of Western medieval mystic Ramon Llull (c. 1232 - c. 1315) on Tapies’s art, this topic has not been given sustained critical attention. This thesis paper argues that the relationship between Tapies and Llull is not merely stylistic. A close examination of Tapies’s writings reveals a deeper metaphysical connection between Tapies’s methodology as an artist and Llull’s methodology as a theologian. I argue that Tapies employs Llull’s metaphysical model of the “Art of Combination” in his artwork to produce a deeper meaning for the viewer. I demonstrate this claim by an appeal to Tapies’s writings as well as a formal analysis of his paintings and prints. Finally, I argue that Tapies’s use of Llull’s Art of Combination can be situated in Tapies’s wider system of a secular religion, where art has replaced the social function that religion once filled.
Andrew Hershberger, PhD (Advisor)
Allie Terry-Fritsch, PhD (Committee Member)
58 p.
Art History
Antoni Tapies; Ramon Llull; art of combination; ars combinatoria; Reality; secural religion; untranscendental mysticism

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  • Hobert, E. A. (2012). Antoni Tapies and Ramon Llull: Towards a Modern Art of Combination [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1334003184

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hobert, Emilie. Antoni Tapies and Ramon Llull: Towards a Modern Art of Combination. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1334003184.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hobert, Emilie. "Antoni Tapies and Ramon Llull: Towards a Modern Art of Combination." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1334003184

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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