Moved by Love : Inspired Artists and Deviant Women in Eighteenth-Century France /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

In eighteenth-century France, the ability to lose oneself in a character or scene marked both great artists and ideal spectators. Yet it was thought this same passionate enthusiasm, if taken to unreasonable extremes, could also lead to sexual deviance, mental illness-even death. Women and artists we...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheriff, Mary D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
Arts, French > 18th century > Themes, motives.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 18th century.
ART / General.
art, women, gender, france, passion, enthusiasm, identity, affect, sensation, sexuality, deviance, mental illness, madwomen, insanity, death, female artists, creativity, medicine, philosophy, literature, visual arts, pygmalion, abnormality, normality, heloise, sappho, erotomania, disease, artistic genius, madness, reason, emulation, possession, galatea, desire, nymphomania, nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Enthusiasm: Reason's Masterpiece
  • Chapter 2. The Artist and theWoman
  • Chapter 3. Deviant Spectators: Ignorant Girls andWomen Who Know Too Much
  • Chapter 4. Pygmalion's Enthusiasm and the Fires of Nymphomania, or The Psychology of Art and Desire
  • Chapter 5. The Model Pygmalion and the Artist Galatea
  • Chapter 6. Inspired by Heloise
  • Conclusion: Closing the Circle, Opening the End
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Ejemplares similares