Spectres in the city –De Chirico’s mythologized streetscapes Walker, Deborah 2010, Spectres in the city –De Chirico’s mythologized streetscapes, Double dialogues, no. 12, Winter, pp. 1-11. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads walker-spectresinthe-2010.pdf Published version application/pdf 204.50KB 292 Title Spectres in the city –De Chirico’s mythologized streetscapes Author(s) Walker, Deborah Journal name Double dialogues Issue number 12 Season Winter Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher Double Dialogues Place of publication Canterbury, Vic. Publication date 2010 ISSN 1447-9591 Summary It is generally accepted that some of the unsettling scenes of the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico, arose from his response to the northern Italian city of Turin, a city he claimed a great affinity with. While de Chirico’s paintings and commentary of this period abound with references to Turin, there has been little investigation into how genuine these citied locations really are. We know that de Chirico’s preference for Turin arose from his passionate engagement with the writings of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and Nietzsche’s fondness for the city. Yet there is much evidence to suggest that Munich, the city of de Chirico’s early art school days permeated his imagery more completely; whereas Turin reflected his philosophical and aesthetic concerns. This article examines how cities have operated for the artist and how using iconography from both the world of the real and imagined produced powerful enigmatic images that evoked a profound mood of illusion and revelation. Notes This article was also presented as : Spectres in the City : De Chirico's mythologized streetscapes, in Proceedings of the Double Dialogues Hidden Stories Conference, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 10 - 12 December 2009, [Deakin University], [Melbourne, Vic.], pp. 2-11. Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 190502 Fine Arts (incl Sculpture and Painting) Socio Economic Objective 950104 The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©1996-2010, Double Dialogues Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033331 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 Mar 2011, 12:46:15 EST Mon, 14 Mar 2011, 12:46:51 EST Wed, 23 Mar 2011, 09:39:44 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2011, 09:51:20 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2011, 09:57:47 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2011, 09:59:07 EST Fri, 26 Sep 2014, 13:38:57 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 10:40:50 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 16:40:54 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:48:06 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:19:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 421 Abstract Views, 292 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Mar 2011, 12:46:11 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas