Edgar Wind and Modern Art : In Defence of Marginal Anarchy (Hardcover)

List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements 1. In Defence of Marginal Anarchy Edgar Wind (1900-1971) 2. Art and Anarchy The Polarity of the Symbol Holy Fear Experiment and Metaphysics 3. The Tradition of Symbols in Modern Art The Heritage of Baudelaire History of the Monster Picasso and the Atavism of the Mask Religious and Scientific Fallacies - 'Our Present Discontents' 4. 'Cher Magus' - Pavel Tchelitchew Cathedrals of Art 'You really are a magician.' The Feast of the Gods Monstrous Phenomena Method and Microcosm in Leonardo da Vinci Tchelitchew and Leonardo 5. 'The Muses' sterner laws' - W. H. Auden and Ben Shahn The Irresponsibles The Critical Nature of a Work of Art Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century Klee and Candide Seven Moral Paintings Art and Morals The Truest Poetry is the Most Feigning The Shape of Content 6. 'Certain Forms of Association Neglected Before' - R. B. Kitaj The Fallacy of Pure Art The Book as Symbol Rosa Luxemburg as Pathosformel Warburg as Maenad - the reconciliation of opposites If Not, Not Conclusion Select Bibliography Index