Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, about art history as both tragedy and farce, and about the heroic and the mock-heroic. The book demonstrates that the modern idea of the artist has deep roots in the image of the epic poet, from Homer to Ovid to Dante. Barolsky’s major claim is that the history of the artist is inseparable from historical fiction about the artist and that fiction is essential to the reality of the artist’s imagination.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-05-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271036762

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Paul Barolsky is Commonwealth Professor of the History of Art at the University of Virginia. He is the author of numerous books, including the Penn State Press titles The Faun in the Garden: Michelangelo and the Poetic Origins of Italian Renaissance Art (1994), Giotto's Father and the Family of Vasari’s "Lives" (1992), and Why Mona Lisa Smiles and Other Tales by Vasari (1991).

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“In this brilliant, wide-ranging essay, Barolsky examines the historical idea of the artist, arguing convincingly, for example, that we should view Homer as an early art historian and that Dante played a crucial role in shaping the modern view of the artist.”—David Wilkins, University of Pittsburgh

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ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsThe Art of God from the Beginning of the World till the End of TimeHomer, Hephaistos, and the Poetic Origins of Art HistoryOvid’s Protean Epic and Artistic PersonaeDante and the Modern Cult of the ArtistVasari and the Quixotic PainterLeonardo, Vasari, and the Historical ImaginationVasari and the Autobiography of MichelangeloBalzac and the Fable of Failure in Modern ArtMyths and Mysteries of Modern ArtTowards a Mock-Heroic History of ArtThe Metamorphoses of PicassoCodaBibliographical NoteSelected BibliographyIndex