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A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso / Paul Barolsky.

Barolsky, Paul, 1941-
2010
N8351 .B37 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso / Paul Barolsky.
Author
Barolsky, Paul, 1941-
ISBN
9780271036762 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780271036755 (alk. paper)
0271036753 (alk. paper)
Published
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
Description
xvi, 147 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
N8351 .B37 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
709
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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