Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry

Author: Jacques Maritain
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Publish Date: 1991-10-01
Features: Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry consists of nine chapters, approximately 250,000 words. Chapters and serve as an introduction, primarily defining or briefly elaborating on some of the fundamental concepts in the book. Chapter delves into the main topic, thoroughly discussing the existence of the preconscious spirit and its role in artistic creation. Chapter is a key chapter in the book. The author first discusses the sequence in which intellect, imagination, and sensation flow from the soul in one section, emphasizing the distinction between unconsciousness of the spirit and automatic unconsciousness. Subsequently, in four sections (most of the chapter), the author explores poetic intuition and poetic cognition, providing detailed on the production, composition, and essence of poetic cognition. Finally, in one section, the author discusses the essential difference between the spiritual creative self in poetry and the materialistic self-centered self in the mortal world. Chapters and explore the relationship between poetry and beauty, as well as the relationship between poetry and modern painting. The main focus of Chapter is to argue that beauty is not the object of poetry but rather its "purpose beyond purpose." Chapter takes modern abstract art as an example to emphasize the decisive role of poetic intuition in artistic creation. Chapter is another key chapter in the book. Building on the distinction between magical cognition and poetic cognition, the author discusses the transcendence of poetry over art and the entire process of poetic experience from its production to its release. Finally, in one section, the author provides a concentrated and detailed elaboration on the important concept of "poetic meaning" that runs throughout the book. Chapter focuses on the concept of the internalization of music. The author first introduces the concept of "music propelled by intuition," then analyzes the dependence of classical poetry on the musicality of words, and finally argues for the realization of the internalization of music in modern poetry. The final chapter, Chapter , takes the works of the poet Dante as an example to discuss the specific manifestation and role of the three epiphanies of creative intuition in the creative process of great artists.