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Barolsky, Paul, (1941-)

A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A brief history of the artist from God to PicassoPaul Barolsky.
Author:	Barolsky, Paul,
Published:	University Park, Pa. :Pennsylvania State University Press,c2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 147 p.).
Subject:	Literature and history.
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780271053516 (electronic bk.)

A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso
Barolsky, Paul,1941-

A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso[electronic resource] /Paul Barolsky. - University Park, Pa. :Pennsylvania State University Press,c2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 147 p.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index.

The art of God from the beginning of the world till the end of time -- Homer, Hephaistos, andthe poetic origins of art history -- Ovid's protean epic and artistic personae -- Dante and the modern cult of the artist -- Vasari and the quixotic painter -- Leonardo, Vasari, and the historical imagination -- Vasari and the autobiography of Michelangelo -- Balzac and the fable of failure in modern art -- Myths and mysteries of modern art -- Towards a mock-heroic history of art -- The metamorphoses of 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 Picasso's --Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780271053516 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

175863
Literature and history.

LC Class. No.: N8351 / .B37 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 709

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