Mansfield, Elizabeth, 1965-, Too beautiful to picture , 2007
- Title:
- 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.
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryN7760 .M27 2007 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- Table of contents only
Publisher description - 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.
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