The artist grows old
Subtitle: the aging of art and artists in Italy, 1500-1800
By: Philip Sohm.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780300121230
Subjects: Older artists -- Italy -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Art, Italian -- 16th century.; Art criticism -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.; Art criticism -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.; Ageism -- Italy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Psychology; value: Gerontophobia and the anxiety of obsolescence; value: Narcissus grows old; value: Making art in old age; value: Poussin's hands and Titian's eyes; value: Titian performs old age; value: Jacopo Pontormo in San Lorenzo; value: Historiography; value: Life cycles of art; value: Turning points: micro-macrohistories of aging.