Too beautiful to picture : Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis / Elizabeth C. Mansfield.

By: Mansfield, Elizabeth, 1965-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007Description: xxi, 232 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 0816647488 (hc : alk. paper); 9780816647484 (hc : alk. paper); 0816647496 (pb : alk. paper); 9780816647491 (pb : alk. paper)Subject(s): Zeuxis, active 5th century B.C | Art and mythology | Mimesis in art | Narrative artDDC classification: 701 LOC classification: N7760 | .M26 2007Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-211) and index.

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.

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