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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gross, Kenneth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Arts > Psychological aspects.
Statues > Psychological aspects.
Sculpture > Psychological aspects.
Personification in art.
Fantastic, The.
Statues > Aspect psychologique.
Personnification (Art)
Fantastique.
Arts > Aspect psychologique.
personification.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Arts > Psychological aspects
Fantastic, The
Personification in art
Sculpture > Psychological aspects
Statues > Psychological aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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