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A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso
Explores art history and imaginative literature to show how fiction and history inform each other. Traces the modern idea of the artist to the epic tradition from Homer and Ovid to Dante, leading to Michelangelo. Examines how Vasari shaped Balzac's idea of the artist, and Balzac influenced Pica...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
: The Pennsylvania State University Press
, [2010]
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| Online Zugang: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/j.ctv14gp1k4 |
| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als:
A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso |
| Verantwortlich: | Paul Barolsky |
| E-Book-Pakete: | JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography |
| Anmerkungen: | FID-Lizenz "FID Kunst, Fotografie, Design" (keine Universitätslizenz) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Explores art history and imaginative literature to show how fiction and history inform each other. Traces the modern idea of the artist to the epic tradition from Homer and Ovid to Dante, leading to Michelangelo. Examines how Vasari shaped Balzac's idea of the artist, and Balzac influenced Picasso's --Provided by publisher The art of God from the beginning of the world till the end of time -- Homer, Hephaistos, and the poetic origins of art history -- Ovid's protean epic and artistic personae -- Dante and the modern cult of the artist -- Vasari and the quixotic painter -- Leonardo, Vasari, and the historical imagination -- Vasari and the autobiography of Michelangelo -- Balzac and the fable of failure in modern art -- Myths and mysteries of modern art -- Towards a mock-heroic history of art -- The metamorphoses of Picasso. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 147 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9780271051154 |
