A brief history of the artist from God to Picasso
By: Paul Barolsky.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271036755
Subjects: Artists -- History; Art -- Historiography; Literature and history
Description: "Explores art history and imaginative literature to show how fiction and history inform each other. Traces the modern idea of the artist to the epic tradition from Homer and Ovid to Dante, leading to Michelangelo. Examines how Vasari shaped Balzac's idea of the artist, and Balzac influenced Picasso's"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The art of God from the beginning of the world till the end of time; title: 2. Homer, Hephaistos, and the poetic origins of art history; title: 3. Ovid's protean epic and artistic personae; title: 4. Dante and the modern cult of the artist; title: 5. Vasari and the quixotic painter; title: 6. Leonardo, Vasari, and the historical imagination; title: 7. Vasari and the autobiography of Michelangelo; title: 8. Balzac and the fable of failure in modern art; title: 9. Myths and mysteries of modern art; title: 10. Towards a mock-heroic history of art; title: 11. The metamorphoses of Picasso.