Introduction to Picture Interpretation

Theodor Abt

ISBN 10: 3952260827 / ISBN 13: 9783952260821

Published by Living Human Heritage Pub Jul 2005, 2005

About this Item

Neuware -This is the long-awaited book by Theodor Abt, who has been training analysts internationally in the art of picture interpretation since 30 years. His long experience in this field has led him to develop his own method, resulting in this book.Some 150 color pictures accompany the text, making this book a valuable resource to have on the bookshelf for consultation in the following areas:Formal aspectsThe symbolism of spaceThe symbolism of colorsThe symbolism of numbers.From the author's Foreword:'This guidebook is the result of my teaching picture interpretation at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich-Küsnacht 1977-1994 and, since 1995, at the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz in Zurich, Switzerland. . It is born out of practice and meant as an aid for practice. This book is an attempt to show how to illuminate a picture with its own light, as Marie-Louise von Franz once put it. On the other hand, we shall also see how to best avoid prejudice arising from our own fixed ideas as to what a picture should mean.'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Picture Interpretation
• Publisher: Living Human Heritage Pub Jul 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3952260827
• ISBN 13: 9783952260821
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 159H x 20D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 159 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 563 grams

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Synopsis

This is the long-awaited book by Theodor Abt, who has been training analysts internationally in the art of picture interpretation since 30 years. His long experience in this field has led him to develop his own method, resulting in this book. Some 150 color pictures accompany the text, making this book a valuable resource to have on the bookshelf for consultation in the following areas: -Formal aspects -The symbolism of space -The symbolism of colors -The symbolism of numbers.

About the Author

Theodor Abt (1947) born in Zurich, Switzerland; Ph.D. from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich 1977; 1973-79 project leader of overall regional development concepts for two Swiss mountain regions. Since 1975 Jungian Analyst in private practice and since 1982 training analyst of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, 1983-88 member of its Coratorium. Since 1979 lecturer and since 1990 professor for Rural Sociology at the ETH. Since 1995 a member of the board of the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to C. G. Jung a Marie-Louise von Franz.