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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):
- Zeuxis, active 5th century B.C.
- Zeuxis.
- Art and mythology.
- Mimesis in art.
- Narrative art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As firstreported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portrayHelen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not matchHelen's beauty, he combined the best features of five different models.A primer on mimesis in art making, the Zeuxis myth also illustratesambivalence about the ability to rely on nature as a model for idealform.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9816-3
- OCLC:
- 476120159
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb30558 hdl
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