BOUILLON Helen.
Fantastic Beasts: Marvelous Art.
Snoeck
Regular price
€39,00
| N° d'inventaire | 29933 |
| Format | 24 x 29.8 |
| Détails | 400 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Ghent, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789461617873 |
Fantastic beasts hold a discreet but constant place in our contemporary imaginations, as evidenced by their presence in works as diverse as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. Their hybrid nature and monstrous appearance provoke fascination and repulsion, but, unlike humanoid monsters, they are considered creatures that humans can tame, even domesticate.
This exhibition questions the origin and functions of these ambiguous creatures, in turn images of terror and attraction inspired by the divine, the transcendent and the unknown, or expressions of our camouflaged unconscious, incarnations of our anxieties or our nostalgia for the marvelous.
This exhibition will showcase the adventures and tribulations of iconic figures such as the sphinx, the dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, and the phoenix in a transcultural (and transmedia) approach, through works and objects of art, architecture, literature, music, and cinema. The aim is to give a wide audience new keys to understanding mythical, even legendary, figures whose origins are often ignored.
This exhibition questions the origin and functions of these ambiguous creatures, in turn images of terror and attraction inspired by the divine, the transcendent and the unknown, or expressions of our camouflaged unconscious, incarnations of our anxieties or our nostalgia for the marvelous.
This exhibition will showcase the adventures and tribulations of iconic figures such as the sphinx, the dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, and the phoenix in a transcultural (and transmedia) approach, through works and objects of art, architecture, literature, music, and cinema. The aim is to give a wide audience new keys to understanding mythical, even legendary, figures whose origins are often ignored.
Fantastic beasts hold a discreet but constant place in our contemporary imaginations, as evidenced by their presence in works as diverse as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. Their hybrid nature and monstrous appearance provoke fascination and repulsion, but, unlike humanoid monsters, they are considered creatures that humans can tame, even domesticate.
This exhibition questions the origin and functions of these ambiguous creatures, in turn images of terror and attraction inspired by the divine, the transcendent and the unknown, or expressions of our camouflaged unconscious, incarnations of our anxieties or our nostalgia for the marvelous.
This exhibition will showcase the adventures and tribulations of iconic figures such as the sphinx, the dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, and the phoenix in a transcultural (and transmedia) approach, through works and objects of art, architecture, literature, music, and cinema. The aim is to give a wide audience new keys to understanding mythical, even legendary, figures whose origins are often ignored.
This exhibition questions the origin and functions of these ambiguous creatures, in turn images of terror and attraction inspired by the divine, the transcendent and the unknown, or expressions of our camouflaged unconscious, incarnations of our anxieties or our nostalgia for the marvelous.
This exhibition will showcase the adventures and tribulations of iconic figures such as the sphinx, the dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, and the phoenix in a transcultural (and transmedia) approach, through works and objects of art, architecture, literature, music, and cinema. The aim is to give a wide audience new keys to understanding mythical, even legendary, figures whose origins are often ignored.