Born under Saturn
Subtitle: the character and conduct of artists : a documented history from antiquity to the French Revolution
By: Margot and Rudolf Wittkower ; introduction by Joseph Connors.
Contributors: Wittkower, Margot.
Series: New York Review Books classics
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781590172131
Subjects: Artists -- Psychology; Artists -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Notes: Originally published: New York : Random House, 1963.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: From craftsman to artist; title: Artists and patrons: remarks on a changing relationship; title: Artists' attitudes to their work; title: Eccentric behaviour and noble manners; title: Genius, madness, and melancholy; title: Suicides of artists; title: Celibacy, love, and licentiousness; title: Artists and the law; title: Misers and wastrels; title: Academic ambitions and professional jealousies; title: Between famine and fame; title: Personality, character, and work.