Shakespeare's artists : the painters, sculptors, poets, and musicians in his plays and poems / B. J. Sokol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sokol, B. J., author.

Series:

The Arden Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Art.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Poetry.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge--Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2018.

Summary:

"This study of the many poets, musicians and visual artists portrayed or described in Shakespeare's plays and poems reveals a fascination with art and its makers that continued to influence Shakespeare's work throughout his career. It also uncovers unexpected aspects of an enthusiastic Elizabethan consumption of artworks, an enthusiasm that had significant bearing on the quite new profession that Shakespeare himself followed. A high valuation placed on art and artists, and at the same time certain fears of these and fears for these, made for a very complex reception of the figure of the artist, and Shakespeare's treatments were equal to that complexity."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Painters and sculptors in Shakespeare's poems

Painters and sculptors in Shakespearian plays

Poets in Shakespeare's plays

Poets in Shakespeare's poems

Shakespeare's musicians: mimetic

Shakespeare's mythical musicians

Afterword.

Notes:

"Paperback edition published 2020"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350021969

1350021962

9781350021952

1350021954

OCLC:

1018307918