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JACKSON POLLOCK'S 1942 PAINTINGS: DEPICTIONS OF HERMAPHRODITIC UNION
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LEVA, SHANNON ARMSTRONG
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Year and Degree
2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Art History.
Abstract
Foremost Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) is best known for his poured paintings. This thesis project considers the importance of Pollock’s 1942 figurative paintings, Stenographic Figure, MoonWoman, and Male and Female, and the influence of Jungian psychology and of hermaphroditic figures in these works. Pollock painted the Jungian symbol, the hermaphrodite, in all three works in his attempt to unify his self, and as his psychiatrist, Dr. Joseph Henderson (1903- ) encouraged the artist, to defeat a Jungian condition known as the Terrible Mother Complex. Pollock suffered from this condition due to the domination of his mother, Stella Mae McClure Pollock (1875-1958) and his fragile psyche. Many critics and art historians do not realize the extent to which these works are Jungian and this thesis reexamines this problem in the literature on Pollock.
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Kim Paice (Advisor)
Pages
66 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology, Cognitive
Keywords
Jackson Pollock
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Abstract Expressionism
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Figurative Paintings
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LEVA, S. A. (2007).
JACKSON POLLOCK'S 1942 PAINTINGS: DEPICTIONS OF HERMAPHRODITIC UNION
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195578410
APA Style (7th edition)
LEVA, SHANNON.
JACKSON POLLOCK'S 1942 PAINTINGS: DEPICTIONS OF HERMAPHRODITIC UNION.
2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195578410.
MLA Style (8th edition)
LEVA, SHANNON. "JACKSON POLLOCK'S 1942 PAINTINGS: DEPICTIONS OF HERMAPHRODITIC UNION." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195578410
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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