Kurbjuhn C (2016)
Publication Language: German
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2016
Book Volume: 16
Pages Range: 227 – 252
Journal Issue: 2
In 1916 several publications appeared documenting the relevance of radiology for the
diagnosis of war injuries. The new imaging technique fundamentally disrupted any
self-assurance the subject might previously have derived from a sense of physical integrity,
as this had now become visually permeable. Since the 18th century, classical sculpture
had epitomized the humanistic ideal, visibly enclosed and symbolized by the plastic
contour, emphasizing the latter as the last ›boundary‹ of the individual in times of
universal upheaval. Radiographs thus seemed symptomatic of the modern condition
humaine. Nowadays, compared with imaging techniques such as functional magnetic
resonance imaging and the colourful pixels seen in neuro-aesthetics, they represent
only nostalgic mementos.
APA:
Kurbjuhn, C. (2016). Vom Physiognomischen Fragment zum Röntgenatlas: Invasive Visualität bei Thomas Mann, M. Blecher, Thomas Kling und Durs Grünbein. KulturPoetik, 16(2), 227 – 252.
MLA:
Kurbjuhn, Charlotte. "Vom Physiognomischen Fragment zum Röntgenatlas: Invasive Visualität bei Thomas Mann, M. Blecher, Thomas Kling und Durs Grünbein." KulturPoetik 16.2 (2016): 227 – 252.
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