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The Dream of the Moving Statue /

The fantasy of a sculpture that moves, speaks;or responds, a statue that comes to life as an oracle, lover, avenger, mocker, or monster-few images are more familiar or seductive. The living statue appears in ancient creation narratives, the myths of Pygmalion and Don Juan, lyric poetry from the Gree...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gross, Kenneth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • PART ONE
  • 1. Signs of Life: An Introduction
  • 2. The Death of Sculpture
  • 3. Eating the Statue
  • PART TWO
  • 4. Idolomachia
  • 5. You May Touch This Statue
  • 6. Resisting Pygmalion
  • PART THREE
  • 7. Crossings
  • 8. The Space Between
  • PART FOUR
  • 9. Talking with Statues
  • 10. The Thing Itself (Which Does Not Move)
  • Coda: Ordinary Statues
  • Notes
  • Index