A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso /
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 Pica...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 147 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780271051154 0271051159 9780271055206 0271055200 027105574X 9780271055749 |