The Mediatization of the Artist [electronic resource] /
Esner, Rachel.editor.
Kisters, Sandra.editor.
This book offers trans-historical and trans-national perspectives on the image of "the artist" as a public figure in the popular discourse and imagination. Since the rise of notions of artistic autonomy and the simultaneous demise of old systems of patronage from the late eighteenth century onwards, artists have increasingly found themselves confronted with the necessity of developing a public persona. In the same period, new audiences for art discovered their fascination for the life and work of the artist. The rise of new media such as the illustrated press, photography and film meant that the needs of both parties could easily be satisfied in both words and images. Thanks to these "new" media, the artist was transformed from a simple producer of works of art into a public figure. The aim of this volume is to reflect on this transformative process, and to study the specific role of the media themselves. Which visual media were deployed, to what effect, and with what kind of audiences in mind? How did the artist, critic, photographer and filmmaker interact in the creation of these representations of the artist's image?
Includes index.
1. Introduction -- 2. "At Home": Visiting the Artist's Studio in the Nineteenth-Century French Illustrated Press - Rachel Esner -- 3. Success Stories and Martyrologies: Images of Artists in Elsevier's Geïllustreerde Maandschrift - Liekse Tibbe.- 4. "Les épisodes de la vie d'un artiste intéressent beaucoup." The Power of the Media and How To Use It: An Exploration of Ensor's Self-Mediatization - Herwig Todts -- 5. Artists' Confessions to Tériade in L'Intransigeant, 1928-29: The Construction of a Public Image - Poppy Sfakianaki -- 6. Life's Pioneer Painters: Dorothy Seiberling and American Art in Life Magazine, 1949−1968 - Melissa Renn -- 7. Creative Process and Magic: Artists on Screen in the 1940s - Pierre Saurisse -- 8. COBRA. Canvas, and Camera: Luc de Heusch Filming Alechinsky and Dotremont at Work - Steven Jacobs -- 9. In Bed with Marina Abramovic: Mediatizing Women's Art as Personal Drama - Marcel Bleuler -- 10. Derek Jarman's Caravaggio and the Aesthetic Regime of Art - Marco de Waard -- 11. Interviewing the Artist: Richter versus Bacon - Sandra Kisters -- 12. The Myth of the Artist in Children's Illustrated Literature - Laura Bravo -- 13. A Physiology of the Inglorious Artist in Early Nineteenth-Century Paris - Kathryn Desplanque -- 14. Mythologies of the Artist in Modern India: The Many Lives of Raja Ravi Varma - Niharika Dinkar -- 15. Mediated Art History in Biopics: The Interplay of Myths and Media in Pollock - Doris Berger -- 16. The Glory of the Artist - Alain Bonnet.
This book offers trans-historical and trans-national perspectives on the image of "the artist" as a public figure in the popular discourse and imagination. Since the rise of notions of artistic autonomy and the simultaneous demise of old systems of patronage from the late eighteenth century onwards, artists have increasingly found themselves confronted with the necessity of developing a public persona. In the same period, new audiences for art discovered their fascination for the life and work of the artist. The rise of new media such as the illustrated press, photography and film meant that the needs of both parties could easily be satisfied in both words and images. Thanks to these "new" media, the artist was transformed from a simple producer of works of art into a public figure. The aim of this volume is to reflect on this transformative process, and to study the specific role of the media themselves. Which visual media were deployed, to what effect, and with what kind of audiences in mind? How did the artist, critic, photographer and filmmaker interact in the creation of these representations of the artist's image?
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