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Between Realism and Abstraction: The Creation of Meaning in the Work of František Kupka, Paul Klee and Willem de Kooning
VANDERKOVÁ, Andrea
The main focus of this research is to clarify the relationship of František Kupka's abstract work to reality and his approach to creation and interpretation of visual meaning. In addition to Kupka's work itself, the research is also aimed to create sufficient theoretical background for following interpretation. This part of the research adresses visual communication, especially the significance of the image in relation to (non-)similarity, and the processes of identification and articulation of meaning in abstract image. This theoretical background, inspired by visual studies, include findings from several disciplines, especially semiotics, psychology and neuroaesthetics. The synthesis of these findings is specifically applied to František Kupka's abstract painting, The Cathedral. The interpretation is based on visual studies, František Kupka's own opinions, and the graduate´s own observation and reception, with the focus on the conditions of reception.
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