Giorgio de Chirico and the metaphysical city : Nietzsche, modernism, Paris / Ara H. Merjian.

Author
Merjian, Ara H., 1974- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Description
xvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction: the Nietzschean method
  • A pathos of distance: metaphysical perspective, 1912-1914
  • The city, squared: Gare Montparnasse
  • The prison-house of painting: the Enigma of Fatality
  • Untimely objects: The Evil Genius of a King
  • Ecce homo (Orthopedicus): The Seer
  • Conclusions: urban untimely.
ISBN
  • 9780300176599 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0300176597 (cl : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012048816
OCLC
821206815
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