The Paragone in Nineteenth-Century Art

ISBN-13: 9781032093239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Sarah J. Lippert

Opis

Offering an examination of the paragone, meaning artistic rivalry, in nineteenth-century France and England, this book considers how artists were impacted by prevailing aesthetic theories, or institutional and cultural paradigms, to compete in the art world.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Paragone; Chapter 2: The Archetype of Beauty: Narcissus and the Birth of the beau idéal; Chapter 3: Pygmalion and Galatea: The Battle between Iconophobes and Iconodules; Chapter 4: Salomé versus Medusa; Conclusion

O autorze

Sarah J. Lippert is Associate Professor of Art History and at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Paragone: Past and Present.