Too beautiful to picture : Zeuxis, myth, and Mimesis / Elizabeth C. Mansfield.
Published / Created:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xxi, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006027681.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Myth and Mimesis in western art history -- Art history as myth -- 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.
Subject Terms:
Art and mythology. | Mimesis in art. | Narrative art. | Zeuxis, 5th cent. B.C.