Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Second Advisor
Cynthia Hahn
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
The classification of the bodily grotesque relies on the transgression of boundaries, marked by an openness to the world. Leonora Carrington’s memoir (1944) and painting (1940) that share the same name, Down Below, illustrate the grotesque body as a revisionist self-configuration, destabilizing traditional representations and eroticization of the female form.
Recommended Citation
King, Kelsey, "Leonora Carrington’s "Down Below": Transgressive Renderings of the Grotesque Female Body" (2023). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1057