Phantoms and Figments: Modernism in the Magical Practice and Artistic Creation of Fernando Pessoa and Austin Osman Spare

Abstract This paper explores the parallels that can be observed between the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) and the English artist Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956). Although having quite different artistic backgrounds, they both arrived at complex spiritual theories and artistic production...

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Main Author: Leitão, José Vieira (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2021
In: Aries
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-245
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pessoa, Fernando 1888-1935 / Literature / Spare, Austin Osman 1886-1956 / Art / Esotericism / Spirituality / Magical thinking
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBF British Isles
KBH Iberian Peninsula
Further subjects:B Cubism
B Heteronyms
B Fernando Pessoa
B Magic
B Austin Osman Spare
B Aleister Crowley
B Modernism
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