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Too beautiful to picture : Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis

Myth and Mimesis in western art history -- Art history as myth -- The Zeuxis myth -- Myth and Mimesis in the Renaissance -- Painting (like) Zeuxis -- Zeuxis in the academy -- Women artists and the Zeuxis myth -- Painting in the philosophical brothel -- Zeuxis in the operating room: Orlan's carn...

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Main Author: Mansfield, Elizabeth (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2007
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Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttspvd
Related Items:Print version: Too beautiful to picture
Author Notes:Elizabeth C. Mansfield
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
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Summary:Myth and Mimesis in western art history -- Art history as myth -- The Zeuxis myth -- Myth and Mimesis in the Renaissance -- Painting (like) Zeuxis -- Zeuxis in the academy -- Women artists and the Zeuxis myth -- Painting in the philosophical brothel -- Zeuxis in the operating room: Orlan's carnal art -- Conclusion: Zeuxis selecting models and the cultural unconscious
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-211) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 232 pages)
ISBN:9780816647484
0816698163
0816647496
0816647488
9780816647491
9780816698165