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“Henry Fuseli’s Pragmatic Use of Aesthetics: His Epic Illustrations of Macbeth ” by Karen Jundo

“Henry Fuseli’s Pragmatic Use of Aesthetics: His Epic Illustrations of Macbeth ” by Karen Jundo. Joy Nov. 2, 2005. Main Argument. Henry Fuseli’s illustration of Macbeth stresses on sublimation of Shakespeare’s play and on influencing spectators’ emotion. . Context.

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“Henry Fuseli’s Pragmatic Use of Aesthetics: His Epic Illustrations of Macbeth ” by Karen Jundo

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  1. “Henry Fuseli’s Pragmatic Use of Aesthetics: His Epic Illustrations of Macbeth” by Karen Jundo Joy Nov. 2, 2005

  2. Main Argument Henry Fuseli’s illustration of Macbeth stresses on sublimation of Shakespeare’s play and on influencing spectators’ emotion.

  3. Context • Johann Jakob Bodmer and Sturm und Drang • Johann Georg Sulzer and Allegory • Edmund Burke and Astonishment

  4. Fuseli’s Categories of Painting • Epic • Dramatic • Historic

  5. Fuseli’s “Epicalization” of Macbeth • In Fuseli’s categorization, Shakespeare’s works should be classed into “dramatic” works. • In Fuseli’s illustrations, however, he tries to convey the “astonishing effect” of the “epic” category and attempts to arouse the spectators’ emotion.

  6. Fuseli’s Means of Epicalization • Stormy Landscape • Expressive Positions of Characters • Universal and Time-transcending dimension

  7. The Witches Appear to Macbeth and Banquo Naked body and expressive position

  8. Macbeth Questions the Apparition of the Armed Head Armed Head

  9. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Macbeth The Dagger

  10. Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches on the Heath

  11. The Three Witches

  12. Contemporary Appreciation • “Artist Sublime” and “Sublimest Spirit” • Spectators’ familiarity with Shakespeare as impediment to emotional feedback

  13. Documentation Jundo, Karen. “Henry Fuseli’s Pragmatic Use of Aesthetics: His Epic Illustrations of Macbeth.” Word & Image 19 (2003): 138-50.

  14. Feel any “spontaneous flow of emotion” or any questions/comments/words?

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