A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
The Metaphysical Paintings of Giorgio de Chirico and the Latency of Synesthesia
Authors: Kuusamo Altti
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Tahiti
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23995/tht.103181
Web address : https://doi.org/10.23995/tht.103181
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/52936730
My analysis will address the following questions: What is the role of
time and silence in the melancholy scenes of de Chirico’s early
“metaphysical period” (1911–1918) and his articles prior to the year
1920, and how can the question of time be seen as a participant or
catalyst in the phenomenon of synesthesia in de Chirico’s early works?
How is it that, involuntarily, we find ourselves at the brink of
synesthesia when describing de Chirico’s “enigmatic” paintings? It is
symptomatic of the case that there is no description of de Chirico’s
early works without reference to silence. With a conjuring trick he
makes time the fifth sense. Slow time and high silence unite in his
scenes, the beholder’s eye moves in the petrified, naked world, where
the projective process of synethesia abounds.
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