The Image of Thought: Achromatics in O'Keeffe and Beckett

Tracing the evolution of color theory, and noting the persistence of a traditionalist recourse to symbolism, this essay enlists the theories of Deleuze and argues for more attention to achromatics. Focus is on the black, white, and grey mindscapes produced by O' Keeffe and Beckett, and the hete...

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Published in:Mosaic (Winnipeg) 1996-12, Vol.29 (4), p.59-78
Main Author: JEFFERS, JENNIFER M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstract art
Art color
Art colour
Art criticism
Beckett, Samuel
Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
British & Irish literature
Color
Color in art
Colors
Criticism and interpretation
Deleuze, Gilles
Epistemology
Folk art
History
History & criticism
Immanence
Irish literature
Language
Literary criticism
Mosaic
O Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986)
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Representational art
Short stories
Sublimity
Symbolism
Thought
Visual artists
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Summary:Tracing the evolution of color theory, and noting the persistence of a traditionalist recourse to symbolism, this essay enlists the theories of Deleuze and argues for more attention to achromatics. Focus is on the black, white, and grey mindscapes produced by O' Keeffe and Beckett, and the heteroclitic aspect of reading across the strata of the arts.
ISSN:0027-1276
1925-5683