The Artist As Murderer: An Enduring Legend from Ancient Greece to the Modern Day - Couverture souple

Land, Norman E.

 
9781476683959: The Artist As Murderer: An Enduring Legend from Ancient Greece to the Modern Day
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1476683956 ISBN 13 : 9781476683959
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2022

Synopsis

The 4th century BC Greek painter Parrhasius murdered his model--an old man who was his slave--to achieve, so the story goes, a more lifelike depiction of nature. The tale has inspired similar, more elaborate stories about both well known and obscure artists--including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rubens. Elements of the tale have appeared in theater, literature and film, as well as in comments by painters, historians, critics and anatomists. Challenging the archetype of the artist as a sympathetic lover of nature, this book examines the artist as cruel and murderous in service of art and ambition, and indirectly addresses a different understanding of the relationship between art and life.

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À propos de l'auteur

The late Norman E. Land lived in Columbia, Missouri.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476683956
ISBN 13 
9781476683959
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
205
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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