The Flammarion Engraving and its Symbolic Potential
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21374777 |
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| Authors | Laurence E Browne (corresponding author), Laurence Browne |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 562-580 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2925 • E-ISSN: 1556-3030 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00332925.2021.2044173 |
| OpenAlex | W4285351482 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
While researching into coincidences for my PhD I came across the Flammarion engraving, or woodcut, as it was then described. Like so many before and since, I was struck by the breathtaking complexity and depth of the image, especially when enlivened with color. Exploring it further, I found that Marie-Louise von Franz had used the illustration to great effect to explain synchronicity, and so included her insights in an appendix to my thesis. This article has developed out of that; and not only von Franz but many others have found symbolic meanings in the engraving that reinforce their ideas about exploration into the unknown, however that might be conceived
Art · Art history · Engraving · Epistemology · Painting · Printmaking · Psychoanalysis · Symbolic interactionism · Synchronicity · The Symbolic · Visual arts · Woodcut · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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