Mid Sem Existentialism
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Existentialism
Basic Philosophies
Key Contributors
Influences on Art
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Existentialism
A Philosophical viewpoint Came up in the nineteenth century Has greatly influenced art and literature Basic Factors:
Futility of Existence
Constancy and freedom of Choice Individual purpose of existence
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Philosophies
Existence precedes essence Freedom and Choice Dread and Anxiety Bad Faith Alienation and Estrangement Absurdism Nothingness and death
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ANDREW WYETH
Christina's World (1948)
Existence Precedes Essence
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Freedom and Choice
Choices make Destiny
Freedom to Choose
Risk and responsibility forconsequences
A human being is absolutely free and
absolutely responsible. Anguish is the
result. Jean-Paul Sartre
YVES KLIEN
Le Saut dans le Vide (Leap into the Void)
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Dread and Anxiety
"I was walking along a path with two
friendsthe sun was setting
suddenly the sky turned blood redI
paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned
on the fencethere was blood and
tongues of fire above the blue-blackfjord and the citymy friends walked
on, and I stood there trembling with
anxietyand I sensed an infinite
scream passing through nature."
--Edvard Munch on his inspiration
to paint The Scream
EDVARD MUNCH
The Scream (1893)
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Bad Faith
Roots from inability to contain Dread or
Anxiety Lying to Oneselfto constrain
Freedom/Choice How one Should behave vs How one
Wants to
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Alienation and
Estrangement From all other Humans From Human Institutions From the past and future We only exist right now,
right here
EDGAR DEGAS
Labsinthe (1876)
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Absurdism
PHILLIP BLACKMAN
There's a Waiter in my Soup
Existence is Meaningless The World is irrational Search for Meaning conflicts
with universal order
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Nothingness and Death
JEFFREY SCOTT
Void II (1999)
Nothingness is our inherent lack of
self. We are in constant pursuit of a
self. Nothingness is the creative well-
spring from which all human
possibilities can be realized.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Some Famous Existentialists
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) Albert Camus (1913-1960)
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Thank you
--Shirshendu Mukherjee