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Too beautiful to picture : Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis / Elizabeth C. Mansfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mansfield, Elizabeth, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and mythology.
- Mimesis in art.
- Narrative art.
- Zeuxis, active 5th century B.C.
- Zeuxis.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Myth and Mimesis in western art history
- Art history as myth
- The Zeuxis myth
- Myth and Mimesis in the Renaissance
- Painting (like) Zeuxis
- Zeuxis in the academy
- Women artists and the Zeuxis myth
- Painting in the philosophical brothel
- Zeuxis in the operating room: Orlan's carnal art
- Conclusion: Zeuxis selecting models and the cultural unconscious.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816647488
- 9780816647484
- 0816647496
- 9780816647491
- OCLC:
- 71173747
- Online:
- Publisher description
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