Hans Bellmer: The Anatomy of Anxiety

by Sue Taylor and Sue Taylor

Book Overview

The German-born Surrealist Hans Bellmer (1902-1975), best known for his lifesize pubescent dolls, devoted an artistic lifetime to creating sexualized images of the female body -distorted, dismembered, or menaced in sinister scenarios. In this book Sue Taylor draws on psychoanalytic theory to suggest why Bellmer was so driven by erotomania as well as a desire for revenge, suffering and the safety of the womb. Although he styled himself as the quintessential...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262201305
• ISBN13: 9780262201308
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.4"