Hermeneutical and Quasi-religious Strategies in Modern Art

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22520355
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	YOSHIMURA Masakazu 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 名誉教授 (10033408)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	モダニズム芸術 / 解釈学 / 神智学 / 錬金術 / エソテリシズム / モダニズム / シュルレアリスム / 抽象絵画
Research Abstract	This project of Hermeneutical and Quasi-religious Strategies in Modern Art examines how the European avant-garde artists in the beginning of the twentieth century have extensively adapted the esoteric discourses on alchemy, kabbalah, magic and theosophy to their artistic expression of quasi-religious ideas including transmutation and transcendence.

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