Light from the Darkness: The Paintings of Peter Birkhäuser: Commentary by Marie-Louise Von Franz - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marie-Louise Von Franz (Commentaries by), Kaspar Birkhäuser (Contribution by), Peter Birkhäuser (Artist)Publish date:8/15/2025Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:DaimonISBN-13:9783856307981ISBN-10:3856307982UPC:9783856307981Book Category:Psychology, ArtBook Subcategory:Psychotherapy, Individual ArtistsBook Topic:Jungian, Artists' BooksSize:9.70 x 9.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.9423Product ID:SC66333SRB
Light from the Darkness: The Paintings of Peter Birkhäuser: Commentary by Marie-Louise Von Franz
This gem of a book "Light from the Darkness / Licht aus dem Dunkel" was first published in 1981, not long after the death of Peter Birkhäuser. It had originally been planned and designed by the artist himself. At the time, Marie-Louise von Franz familiarized herself with the paintings he had selected and some of his dream diaries, and she formulated brief, illuminating commentaries, which reveal...
Language:EnglishPublisher:DaimonISBN-13:9783856307981ISBN-10:3856307982UPC:9783856307981Book Category:Psychology, ArtBook Subcategory:Psychotherapy, Individual ArtistsBook Topic:Jungian, Artists' BooksSize:9.70 x 9.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.9423Product ID:SC66333SRB
Many of the dream images painted by Swiss artist Peter Birkhäuser (1911-76) portray the big problems of our time, as experienced one individual: our divisiveness, possession by unconscious factors, suffering from the loss of religious values, the "unknown God" knocking at the door and wanting to enter, our inability to understand evil, the world of the feminine yearning for redemption, and so on....
Publisher: Daimon
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