J David Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 4055238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J David Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | J David |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6680-6563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learning from Vermeer: What “The Allegory of Painting” Means for Clinical Theory
Vermeer's masterpiece, "The Allegory of Painting," which is the one work that he refused to sell, brings to mind the successful outcome of psychoanalytic treatment. In its incongruities, this painting presumably contains and reflects the conflicted inner world of the artist, but it also evokes a remarkable sense of coherence and harmony. To develop a credible explanation for Vermeer's achievement in analytic terms, I found it helpful to employ se…
Unraveling the Enigma of Giorgio Morandi: A Psychoanalytic Strategy
Although the paintings of twentieth-century artist Giorgio Morandi are well known, as a man he remains an enigma. Basing their studies mostly on his outward behavior, biographers of Morandi have portrayed him as both a sociable presence in the Italian art world and a recluse, widely referred to as “the monk.” This essay seeks to construct an integrated view of Morandi by turning a psychoanalytic lens toward his art itself. The result suggests tha…
Matisse’s “Radical Invention”: A Window On Therapeutic Change
A recent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, “Matisse: Radical Invention 1913–1917,” focused on a breakthrough in Matisse’s art that the curators attribute to the impact of World War I. That this dramatic change may be linked to the trauma of war is explored by studying the art itself, biographical material, and the artist’s own insightful comments. The thesis is advanced that the catastrophe in Europe aggravated Matisse’s neurotic conflicts …
More Than Meets the Eye: Morandi’s Art and Analytic Listening
This study of Giorgio Morandi, the great twentieth-century Italian painter, departs from the model of Freud’s essay on Leonardo, in which he creates a psychodynamic hypothesis by linking the art with facts and conjecture about the artist’s life. Because personal information about Morandi is remarkably scarce, we can make few connections between his art and his individual psychology. But Morandi’s works can inform psychoanalysis and enhance analyt…
Do Questions Reflecting Indoor Air Pollutant Exposure from a Questionnaire Predict Direct Measure of Exposure in Owner-Occupied Houses
Home characteristic questions are used in epidemiological studies and clinical settings to assess potentially harmful exposures in the home. The objective of this study was to determine whether questionnaire-reported home characteristics can predict directly measured pollutants. Sixty home inspections were conducted on a subsample of the 2006 population-based Toronto Child Health Evaluation Questionnaire. Indoor/outdoor air and settled dust sampl…
Loewald's “Binocular Vision” and the Art of Analysis
In his 1988 monograph on sublimation, Hans Loewald describes the process as a transformation of the drives aimed at re-creating what he presumes to be the subjective experience of infantile attachment. To describe this experience, he invokes a state of mind that he calls “binocular vision.” He maintains that this mental state may arise not only in activities usually associated with sublimation, such as the creation and enjoyment of art, but in al…
Artist and model: Psychoanalytic perspectives
Mental Health and Social Policy
The Psychiatric Status of 100 Men On Skid Row
Loewald's “Binocular Vision” and the Art of Analysis
In his 1988 monograph on sublimation, Hans Loewald describes the process as a transformation of the drives aimed at re-creating what he presumes to be the subjective experience of infantile attachment. To describe this experience, he invokes a state of mind that he calls “binocular vision.” He maintains that this mental state may arise not only in activities usually associated with sublimation, such as the creation and enjoyment of art, but in al…
Artist and model: Psychoanalytic perspectives
More Than Meets the Eye: Morandi’s Art and Analytic Listening
This study of Giorgio Morandi, the great twentieth-century Italian painter, departs from the model of Freud’s essay on Leonardo, in which he creates a psychodynamic hypothesis by linking the art with facts and conjecture about the artist’s life. Because personal information about Morandi is remarkably scarce, we can make few connections between his art and his individual psychology. But Morandi’s works can inform psychoanalysis and enhance analyt…
The Psychiatric Status of 100 Men On Skid Row
Mental Health and Social Policy
Artist and model: Psychoanalytic perspectives
Loewald's “Binocular Vision” and the Art of Analysis
In his 1988 monograph on sublimation, Hans Loewald describes the process as a transformation of the drives aimed at re-creating what he presumes to be the subjective experience of infantile attachment. To describe this experience, he invokes a state of mind that he calls “binocular vision.” He maintains that this mental state may arise not only in activities usually associated with sublimation, such as the creation and enjoyment of art, but in al…
Do Questions Reflecting Indoor Air Pollutant Exposure from a Questionnaire Predict Direct Measure of Exposure in Owner-Occupied Houses
Home characteristic questions are used in epidemiological studies and clinical settings to assess potentially harmful exposures in the home. The objective of this study was to determine whether questionnaire-reported home characteristics can predict directly measured pollutants. Sixty home inspections were conducted on a subsample of the 2006 population-based Toronto Child Health Evaluation Questionnaire. Indoor/outdoor air and settled dust sampl…
More Than Meets the Eye: Morandi’s Art and Analytic Listening
This study of Giorgio Morandi, the great twentieth-century Italian painter, departs from the model of Freud’s essay on Leonardo, in which he creates a psychodynamic hypothesis by linking the art with facts and conjecture about the artist’s life. Because personal information about Morandi is remarkably scarce, we can make few connections between his art and his individual psychology. But Morandi’s works can inform psychoanalysis and enhance analyt…
Matisse’s “Radical Invention”: A Window On Therapeutic Change
A recent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, “Matisse: Radical Invention 1913–1917,” focused on a breakthrough in Matisse’s art that the curators attribute to the impact of World War I. That this dramatic change may be linked to the trauma of war is explored by studying the art itself, biographical material, and the artist’s own insightful comments. The thesis is advanced that the catastrophe in Europe aggravated Matisse’s neurotic conflicts …
Unraveling the Enigma of Giorgio Morandi: A Psychoanalytic Strategy
Although the paintings of twentieth-century artist Giorgio Morandi are well known, as a man he remains an enigma. Basing their studies mostly on his outward behavior, biographers of Morandi have portrayed him as both a sociable presence in the Italian art world and a recluse, widely referred to as “the monk.” This essay seeks to construct an integrated view of Morandi by turning a psychoanalytic lens toward his art itself. The result suggests tha…
Learning from Vermeer: What “The Allegory of Painting” Means for Clinical Theory
Vermeer's masterpiece, "The Allegory of Painting," which is the one work that he refused to sell, brings to mind the successful outcome of psychoanalytic treatment. In its incongruities, this painting presumably contains and reflects the conflicted inner world of the artist, but it also evokes a remarkable sense of coherence and harmony. To develop a credible explanation for Vermeer's achievement in analytic terms, I found it helpful to employ se…
Psychology (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Painting (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (2 works)