Naming the Gods: Cy Twombly’s Passionate Poiesis t. jahan director of the National Portrait

director of the National Portrait Gallery

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“cerveau bien ordonné” (well-ordered brain)

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Naming the Gods: Cy Twombly’s Passionate Poiesis t. jahan director of the National PortraitNaming the Gods: Cy Twomblys Passionate Poiesis is a monographic study by clinical psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst Gary D. Astrachan. The books analysis focuses on Twombly and his radically creative practice, framing it in relation to classical Greek mythology. Astrachan examines Twomblys work through the entwined figures of Orpheuslyre player, lover, and traveler to the underworldand Dionysos Bacchusgod of wine, ecstasy, and madness. These two