Too beautiful to picture : Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis

1. Verfasser: Mansfield, Elizabeth, 1965-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.
Umfang/Format: xxi, 232 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.