Sigmund Freud was one of the most influential figure and authoritative thinker of the 20th century. He is the founder of the psychoanalytic theory which gained popularity among people at that time but was also subject to criticism. Although most people disagreed with Freud and his theory, some aspects of the psychoanalytic theory can be applied in our lives. Among these aspects is the castration anxiety. Castration anxiety is a boy’s fear of losing his genital. This fear occurs because the child thinks that his father will harm his genital organ as a punishment for having sexual desires for his mother. This essay will argue that castration anxiety is correlated with vision in “Leonardo da Vinci and a memory of his childhood” and in ‘The Uncanny” …show more content…
The tail is a symbol for penis and this represents sexual desires that all humans possess. However, Leonardo associated the vulture to his mother. A superficial reading of the text can explain that this association portrays how all babies get pleasure when they suck at their mother’s nipples. Nonetheless, when we read the text in depth, we can come to the conclusion that Leonardo’s memory represents over dependence and eroticization from him to his mother. The question that now arises is why did Leonardo associate the vulture to his …show more content…
Leonardo once read that all vultures were female and they could reproduce without male assistance. He came to the conclusion that he was also a vulture child because in ancient Egypt the mother was represented by the figure of a vulture. Furthermore, he came across the idea of Blessed Virgin and her Child. Leonardo then began to identify himself as the Christ Child because like the Christ Child, he was also brought by a single mother in the absence of his father. This connection made the fantasy more meaningful to him. The theme of seeing and knowing is explicitly revealed in the text. Leonardo read in the books of science about vultures and their reproductive method and he noticed how church fathers were talking about Mary, the virgin, and her son. This enabled him to make a connection between vultures, Christ Child, and his own situation. Hence, in the works of literature he read facts about vultures and the blessed virgin, because of this he was able to relate himself, as he began to think that his mother was like Mary and that she was represented by a
Christ came into Mary's life through Gabriel, an angel, coming down from heaven to tell her that God has a plan for her and that she will be the mother of God's son. Her life was predetermined by God and she was meant to have complete trust in God. Donatello's purpose with this sculpture was to convince his viewers to trust in God, protect Christ, and show complete devotion to Mary and the angels. It was to convey that Mary is the Queen of the heavens and is someone one must tout and follow in like she did with God. Instead of heightening the somber and ethereal attributions of Madonna and Child's story, Luca dells Robbia heightens the purity, the joy, and the love between the pair.
Leonardo art work, invention, and thirst for knowledge show it an overwhelming desire wanting to learn more. His head was spinning with ideas to create something better, making something beautiful, and about how the human body works. His curiosity was so impressive that he would stay awake for hours on end hoping to change his theory and prove that there is more to changing to something magnificent. Studying in 14th century and 15th century in secret of the church’s power and belief.
Leonardo was born April 15, 1452 he was the son of Ser Piero and Caterina. Leonardo's father was a landlord, and his mother was a peasant and they both were not married at the time. Leonardo lived with his father and had an education. Later on his father moved the family to Florence( Heydenreich). At the age of 15 Leonardo was showing that he was a great painter. In 1467 he became an apprentist to Andrea Del Verrochio a very well known artist during that time period. He became a member of Verrochio's workshop where he received an education in a huge variety of areas.(Giorgio). In another workshop of Antonio Pollaiuolo, Leonardo studied anatomy, and animals. He was accepted into painters guild in Florence. An early work by Leonardo was an angel painting for the Baptism of Christ artwork.After Verrochio viewed the artwork he thought it was time for Leonardo to move on and do other things. Later on Leonardo became an independent painer and later moved to Milan where he worked for Ludovico Sforza. During that time Leonardo created one of his most famous artworks The Last Supper. Later on his career he became a journalist in which he would write down his obeservations , and findings. His notes showed that he knew about how rocks were formed.He was also fascinated with fossils and how to make tunnels through mountains.(Weingardt ).Years ...
Despite the fact that the psychoanalytic approach is the most controversial interpretation of literature, it proves to be utterly intriguing. In stories such as this, the sexual undertones are clearly evident, and thus substantiate the intricacies behind the approach. Perhaps it is a bit untraditional. However, this investigation remains both thought provoking and brilliantly compelling.
In recent years a number of scholarly studies have inspected and clarified the complex intersection of Leonardo da Vinci’s art with his other intellectual pursuit...
According to Freud's theory, in the beginning of sexual development of both boys and girls, the mother is the first desired object, seen as almighty and capable ...
Leonardo da Vinci was known as one of the greatest painters ever along with being a painter, he had many other skills and traits that made him unique. Leonardo excelled in almost all the fields of arts and science: in physics, mechanics engineering, mathematics, geometry, in anatomy, geology, botany and geography, in music, architecture, sculpture, and last but not least painting (Hohenstatt 6).He was born in Vinci near Florence Italy born on April 14, 1452. He grew up in the Renaissance Period a time where many people became more interested in the arts. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Pireo Frusiono di Antonito, a Florentine notary and a peasant girl Catarina (Herbert 1). For a time over twenty years Leonardo was the only child but by the time of his death, he had seventeen half-siblings (Douglas 2-3). Leonardo’s
Freud makes a claim for the formation of femininity through his explanation of psychical development during child sexuality. He explains that he does not wish to give an account for who a women is but only how she becomes feminine from her bisexual tendencies. Freud femininity theory raises speculation since develops it within the context of masculinity. He claims a girl’s turning point in her sexuality is when she realizes she has been castrated and develop a penis envy. This raises concerns since it automatically places the male, at least the male organs, at a hierarchal advantage. Nevertheless, Freud’s theory can be justify within a social-psychological perspective, considering a girl is face with disadvantage and inequality from a social perspective which build in her a psychical inferiority which leads her to the conclusion that lacking a penis makes her inferior.
This art is an oil based painting portraying Mary, baby Jesus, and John the Baptist. All three are linked by their gaze and focus on the cross that John is handing baby Jesus. He meant for this painting to obtain and understanding and balance through which Mary’s clothing and her outstretched arm does just that. The painting shows anything but Mary sitting on a throne or any type of authority object. She is simply sitting on the ground in a country side. Raphael purposefully grouped the painting into a circle that way it would only draw focus to the characters and they would be able to dominate the image as well. Raphael adapted in the painting’s fragility of color and mood. The figures draped in rose pink, pale blue, and green was to set in a flawless, classical landscape. The representation of Mary is dressed in a traditional costume of turban, sandals, and elegant robes. The peaceful, rural atmosphere of Raphael's tondo contradicts its emotional meaning. Baby Jesus gesture of accepting the cross from the John the Baptist is the focus of attention of all three figures, as if they have foresight of Christ's expense for human beings. The knowledge of Jesus' future cruel death is shared by all three of them and so is the acceptance of sacrifice in each of their lives. Raphael used the element shape to make his painting more circular like.
My initial thought and/or feeling when I settled my eyes on this piece, Annunciation, by Leonardo da Vinci was that of admiration of the details in the art work -- each object from the garment folds, to the landscape, or person in the art work could be an art masterpiece by itself. The water course, clouds, mountains, and distant trees, attest to the artist’s love of nature. The presence of an angel with what would most likely be the Virgin Mary also attest to the artist love of religion – Roman catholic. This also might be an indication of the period during which the painting was made. A period during which religion was a major factor in people’s life.
To further support this point, Freud distinguishes anxiety from fear by defining anxiety as a mode of distressed anticipation. Anxiety can also be the reaction to the felt loss or separation of an object. The idea of “loss” is applicable to multiple aspects, for example: the loss of a mother, love, and castration – or the loss of the sexual organs. The potential of losing something cherished is enough to spark anxiety. However, to avoid confusion, Freud classifies anxiety into three distinct categories.
The aim of this essay is to clarify the basic principles of Freud’s theories and to raise the main issues.
They suggest that Freud’s observational data consisted of a patient’s disorders and the absence of conscious contents which would appear during the psychoanalytic talking-cure. With this fundamental basis Freud formulated a theory which leads to the belief that the repressed unconscious thoughts in essence caused the disorders. (Talvitie & Tiitinen, 2006) Talvitie and Tiitinen modify the historical realm of psychoanalytic terms of repressed contents and the meta-psychology towards the present era using neurophysiological and empirical studies of consciousness, which focus more on the dynamic systems approach and one’s consciousness, memory, attention, and self. (Talvitie & Tiitinen,
Sigmund Freud’s essay, “The Uncanny” begins by drawing attention to the German word, “unheimlich” in opposition to the word “heimlich” meaning homey, familiar, or comfortable. Being that the essay is a response to Jentsch’s earlier research in stating that uncanniness is the fear of the unfamiliar through intellectual uncertainty (418), Freud presents “unheimlich” against “heimlich” in an attempt to define the word in the relation to the uncanny as being surrounded by fear, but also having a sense of familiarity attached to that feeling as well. By this being the motivation of the essay, this paper will be discussing the structure of the essay as it is divided into three parts: the definition of the uncanny, the examination of Hoffman’s short
As a writer, Leonardo often recorded his reflections on various subject matters. And it is through some of his words that survived till today that we have a glimpse of how his great mind worked.