From the historical avant-gardes to Surrealism, the representation of the body emerges as one of the central concerns of the new twentieth-century aesthetic. The anatomical fragment, also in light of psychoanalytic developments and in continuity with the models offered by Alfred Jarry, Isidore Ducasse, and Guillaume Apollinaire, first becomes an object of symbolization and subsequently, within representational practice, of resignification. In the dialogue between literature and the visual arts, this dynamic finds its formal counterpart in practices of fragmentation, such as the cadavre exquis, montage, and collage, which concern both the objects of reality, including the body itself, and language. The investigation focuses on figurations of the displaced, deformed, or hybridized body, interpreted as the result of a process of isolating the anatomical detail, recognizable even where the corporeal element is rendered realistically. The aim is to consider this configuration not only in its thematic implications, but also in its formal correlatives and modes of representation, assessing its persistence in both French and Czech Surrealism.
Dalle avanguardie storiche al Surrealismo, la rappresentazione del corpo si impone come uno dei nuclei centrali della nuova estetica novecentesca. Il frammento anatomico, anche alla luce delle acquisizioni psicoanalitiche e in continuità con i modelli di Alfred Jarry, Isidore Ducasse e Guillaume Apollinaire, diviene dapprima oggetto di simbolizzazione e successivamente, nella prassi rappresentativa, di risignificazione. Nel dialogo tra letteratura e arti visive, tale dinamica trova il proprio corrispettivo formale in pratiche di frammentazione, come il cadavre exquis, il montaggio e il collage, che interessano sia gli oggetti della realtà, e dunque il corpo stesso, sia il linguaggio. L’indagine si concentra sulle figurazioni del corpo dislocato, deformato o ibridato, interpretate come esito di un processo di isolamento del dettaglio anatomico, riconoscibile anche laddove il dato corporeo è restituito realisticamente. L’obiettivo è considerare tale configurazione non solo nelle sue implicazioni tematiche, ma anche nei suoi correlati formali, nelle modalità di rappresentazione, valutandone la persistenza tanto nel Surrealismo francese quanto in quello ceco.
«Il y a un homme coupé en deux par la fenêtre». Poetiche del corpo nel Surrealismo europeo.
GUIZZETTI, LEONARDO
2025/2026
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From the historical avant-gardes to Surrealism, the representation of the body emerges as one of the central concerns of the new twentieth-century aesthetic. The anatomical fragment, also in light of psychoanalytic developments and in continuity with the models offered by Alfred Jarry, Isidore Ducasse, and Guillaume Apollinaire, first becomes an object of symbolization and subsequently, within representational practice, of resignification. In the dialogue between literature and the visual arts, this dynamic finds its formal counterpart in practices of fragmentation, such as the cadavre exquis, montage, and collage, which concern both the objects of reality, including the body itself, and language. The investigation focuses on figurations of the displaced, deformed, or hybridized body, interpreted as the result of a process of isolating the anatomical detail, recognizable even where the corporeal element is rendered realistically. The aim is to consider this configuration not only in its thematic implications, but also in its formal correlatives and modes of representation, assessing its persistence in both French and Czech Surrealism.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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