Composing Symmorphies: Annie Besant’s Theosophies, František Kupka’s Chromatic Music, and Astral Visions

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Brauer, F. 2024. Composing Symmorphies: Annie Besant’s Theosophies, František Kupka’s Chromatic Music, and Astral Visions. The 37th Annual Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA).
AuthorsBrauer, F.
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Year2024
ConferenceThe 37th Annual Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA)
Spirituality and the Arts Network and Special Interests Group
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Online21 Sep 2024
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Completed10 Nov 2024
Deposited15 Jan 2025
Web address (URL) of conference proceedingshttps://litsciarts.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDnxqUGrL1I&ab_channel=SpiritualityandtheArtsSpecialInterestGroup
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This paper was presented at two different conferences. The first conference was completed Novemeber 10. The YouTube conference was published on September 21. The website links are respective of the order of the conferences.

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Brauer, F. 2015. Intimate Vibrations: Inventing the Dream Bedroom. in: Lasc, Anca I., Downey, Georgina and Taylor, Mark (ed.) Designing the French Interior: The Modern Home and Mass Media London Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 13-29
Magnetic Modernism František Kupka’s Mesmeric Abstraction and Anarcho-Cosmic Utopia
Brauer, F. 2015. Magnetic Modernism František Kupka’s Mesmeric Abstraction and Anarcho-Cosmic Utopia. in: Ayers, David, Hjartarson, Benedikt, Huttunen, Tomi and Veivo, Harri (ed.) Utopia: The Avant-Garde, Modernism and (Im)possible Life Berlin/Boston Walter de Gruyter.
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973)
Brauer, F. 2016. Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973). in: Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism London Routledge.
Virilizing and Valorizing Homoeroticism: Eugen Sandow’s Queering of Body Cultures Before and After the Wilde Trials
Brauer, F. 2017. Virilizing and Valorizing Homoeroticism: Eugen Sandow’s Queering of Body Cultures Before and After the Wilde Trials. Visual Culture in Britain. 18 (1), pp. 35-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2017.1321224
Dealing with Cubism: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler’s Perilous Internationalism
Brauer, F. 2017. Dealing with Cubism: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler’s Perilous Internationalism. in: Catterson, Lynn (ed.) Dealing Art on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940 Boston BRILL.
The Pasted Paper Devolution: The Dialogism of Sexual Degeneration and Neoregulation in Picasso's and Braque's Cubist Collages
Brauer, F. 2017. The Pasted Paper Devolution: The Dialogism of Sexual Degeneration and Neoregulation in Picasso's and Braque's Cubist Collages. Art Bulletin.
The Einsteinian Eclipse: The Paradigmatic Fourth Dimension in Modern Art Before and After Relativity
Brauer, F. 2016. The Einsteinian Eclipse: The Paradigmatic Fourth Dimension in Modern Art Before and After Relativity. Art History. 39 (1), pp. 182-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.12224
Contesting "Le corps militaire": Antimilitarism, Pacificism, Anarcho-Communism and 'Le Douanier' Rousseau's La Guerre
Brauer, F. 2012. Contesting "Le corps militaire": Antimilitarism, Pacificism, Anarcho-Communism and 'Le Douanier' Rousseau's La Guerre. RIHA Journal.