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The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail

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Description: The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
TitleThe Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914–1915
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions89.6 × 70.1 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https:/­/­www.moma.org/­collection/­works/­80589
Accession number1214.1979
SubjectsDivinationMetaphysical school (Art movement)Statues in artMannequins (Figures) in art
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5. Ecce Homo (Orthopedicus): The Seer
Ara H. Merjian
Description: Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City: Nietzsche, Modernism, Paris
Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City: Nietzsche, Modernism, Paris
~At the base of a steep platform, an oval-headed dummy rests – armless and almost faceless, but seemingly sentient – on a block of wood (Fig. 185). Wooden planks culminate in a clunky Doric propylaea, the portico of which appears as impenetrable as the mannequin’s stolid head. The figure not only inhabits...
Author
Ara H. Merjian
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2014 by Ara H. Merjian
Related print edition pages: pp.219-265
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00059.009
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18589&redirecttoanchor=40291
Chapter subject tags:Metaphysics in artNietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900XoanaArchaeologyMythology, Greek, in art

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Description: The Duo (Le duo)
The Duo (Le duo)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914–1915
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions81.9 × 59 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80588
Accession number1213.1979
The Duo (Le duo)
The Duo (Le duo)
Description: The Disquieting Muses (Le muse inquietanti)
The Disquieting Muses (Le muse inquietanti)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1918
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions97 × 66 cm
The Disquieting Muses (Le muse...
The Disquieting Muses (Le muse inquietanti)
Description: Premonitory Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire (Portrait prémonitoire de...
Premonitory Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire (Portrait prémonitoire de Guillaume Apollinaire)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions81.5 × 65 cm
LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/KjIsESJ
Accession numberAM 1975-52
Premonitory Portrait of Guillaume...
Premonitory Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire (Portrait prémonitoire de Guillaume Apollinaire)
Description: Orpheus the Tired Troubadour (Orfeo trovatore stanco)
Orpheus the Tired Troubadour (Orfeo trovatore stanco)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1970
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions149 × 147 cm
LocationFondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome
Orpheus the Tired Troubadour (Orfeo...
Orpheus the Tired Troubadour (Orfeo trovatore stanco)
Description: I’ll Be There. . . The Glass Dog (J’irai . . . le chien de verre)
I’ll Be There. . . The Glass Dog (J’irai . . . le chien de verre)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions69 × 57.5 cm
I’ll Be There. . . The Glass Dog...
I’ll Be There. . . The Glass Dog (J’irai . . . le chien de verre)
Description: The Span of Black Ladders (L’arc des échelles noires)
The Span of Black Ladders (L’arc des échelles noires)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions62 × 47.5 cm
The Span of Black Ladders (L’arc...
The Span of Black Ladders (L’arc des échelles noires)
Description: The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914–1915
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions89.6 × 70.1 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80589
Accession number1214.1979
The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
Description: The Torment of the Poet (Le tourment du poète)
The Torment of the Poet (Le tourment du poète)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions53 × 41 cm
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52542
Accession number1963.43.2
The Torment of the Poet (Le tourment du...
The Torment of the Poet (Le tourment du poète)
Description: The Endless Voyage (Le voyage sans fin)
The Endless Voyage (Le voyage sans fin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions88 × 39 cm
LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
http://argus.wadsworthatheneum.org/Wadsworth_Atheneum_ArgusNet/Portal/public.aspx?lang=en-US
Accession number1958.221
The Endless Voyage (Le voyage sans fin)
The Endless Voyage (Le voyage sans fin)
Description: The Seer (Le vaticinateur)
The Seer (Le vaticinateur)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914–1915
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions89.6 × 70.1 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80589
Accession number1214.1979
The Seer (Le vaticinateur)
The Seer (Le vaticinateur)
Description: The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914–1915
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions89.6 × 70.1 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80589
Accession number1214.1979
The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
The Seer (Le vaticinateur), detail
Description: The Enigma of the Oracle (L’énigme de l’oracle)
The Enigma of the Oracle (L’énigme de l’oracle)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1909
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions42 × 61 cm
The Enigma of the Oracle...
The Enigma of the Oracle (L’énigme de l’oracle)
Description: The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day (La mélancolie d’une belle...
The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day (La mélancolie d’une belle journée)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1913
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions89 × 104.5 cm
LocationRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/fr/la-collection/giorgio-de-chirico-la-melancolie-d-une-belle-journee
Accession numberInv. 11117
The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day (La...
The Melancholy of a Beautiful Day (La mélancolie d’une belle journée)
Description: The Enigma of a Day (L’énigme d’une journée)
The Enigma of a Day (L’énigme d’une journée)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions185.5 × 139.7 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80587
Accession number1211.1979
The Enigma of a Day...
The Enigma of a Day (L’énigme d’une journée)
Description: Autumnal Meditation (La méditation automnale)
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1911–1912
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions53.3 × 69.8 cm
Autumnal Meditation (La...
Autumnal Meditation (La méditation automnale)
Description: The Lassitude of the Infinite (La lassitude de l’infini)
The Lassitude of the Infinite (La lassitude de l’infini)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1912
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions44 × 112 cm
The Lassitude of the Infinite (La...
The Lassitude of the Infinite (La lassitude de l’infini)
Description: The Philosopher’s Promenade (La promenade du philosophe)
The Philosopher’s Promenade (La promenade du philosophe)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions135 × 64 cm
The Philosopher’s Promenade (La...
The Philosopher’s Promenade (La promenade du philosophe)
Description: The Serenity of the Scholar
The Serenity of the Scholar
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions130.1 × 72.4 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79011
Accession number156.1997
The Serenity of the Scholar
The Serenity of the Scholar
Description: The Song of Love (Le chant d’amour), Paris
The Song of Love (Le chant d’amour), Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 07
Creator nameDe Chirico, Giorgio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1914
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 × 59.1 cm
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/80419
Accession number950.1979
The Song of Love (Le chant...
The Song of Love (Le chant d’amour), Paris

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