"Charlotte Salomon’s Message in a Bottle: A philosophical meditation on Charlotte Salomon’s Leben? oder Theater? and the meaning of artistic creation in the face of mortality, told in three parts"

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Abstract: This thesis project explores the art of Charlotte Salomon, who created a gesamtkunstwerk entitled “Life? or Theatre?” — chronicling her life story — in the midst of WWII, while hiding in exile from the Nazis. Applying the philosophies of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, this thesis argues that Salomon’s project was an artistic leap of faith, evidencing her belief in life despite the darkness that surrounded her. It explores the redemptive aspects of art amidst great loss, and how this artistic redemption differs from notions of Judeo-Christian redemption. Finally, the thesis talks about what it means to be a receiver of a work of art, analogizing the experience to that of the serendipity of receiving a message in a bottle from the sea.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 1, 2020

Author	Bowen, Ellie Rose

Subject	Symbolic Systems Department
Subject	Art History
Subject	psychiatry
Subject	philosophy
Subject	Nietzsche
Subject	Kierkegaard
Subject	Michelangelo
Subject	Charlotte Salomon
Subject	Raphael
Subject	Vincent Van Gogh
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/jj737pt0773

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Preferred Citation: Bowen, Ellie Rose. "Charlotte Salomon’s Message in a Bottle: A philosophical meditation on Charlotte Salomon’s Leben? oder Theater? and the meaning of artistic creation in the face of mortality, told in three parts". Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/jj737pt0773

Undergraduate Honors Theses, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University

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