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Too beautiful to picture : Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis /
Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As first reported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portray Helen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not match Helen's beauty, he combined the best features of five different models. A primer on m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As first reported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portray Helen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not match Helen's beauty, he combined the best features of five different models. A primer on mimesis in art making, the Zeuxis myth also illustrates ambivalence about the ability to rely on nature as a model for ideal form. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816698165 0816698163 |