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Bezig met laden... Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists (1963)door Rudolf Wittkower, Margot Wittkower
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Gli artisti sono sempre stati considerati come una razza a parte, lunatica, stravagante, egocentrica, dominata da un temperamento saturnino. Quando, come e perché è nato questo mito? Un grande storico dell'arte, in collaborazione con la moglie Margot, ha studiato i tratti distintivi di questa immagine dell'artista dalla civiltà greca alla Rivoluzione francese. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A rare art history classic that The New York Times calls a "delightful, scholarly and gossipy romp through the character and conduct of artists from antiquity to the French Revolution." Born Under Saturn is a classic work of scholarship written with a light and winning touch. Margot and Rudolf Wittkower explore the history of the familiar idea that artistic inspiration is a form of madness, a madness directly expressed in artists' unhappy and eccentric lives. This idea of the alienated artist, the Wittkowers demonstrate, comes into its own in the Renaissance, as part of the new bid by visual artists to distinguish themselves from craftsmen, with whom they were then lumped together. Where the skilled artisan had worked under the sign of light-fingered Mercury, the ambitious artist identified himself with the mysterious and brooding Saturn. Alienation, in effect, was a rung by which artists sought to climb the social ladder. As to the reputed madness of artists--well, some have been as mad as hatters, some as tough-minded as the shrewdest businessmen, and many others wildly and willfully eccentric but hardly crazy. What is certain is that no book presents such a splendid compendium of information about artists' lives, from the early Renaissance to the beginning of the Romantic era, as Born Under Saturn. The Wittkowers have read everything and have countless anecdotes to relate: about artists famous and infamous; about suicide, celibacy, wantonness, weird hobbies, and whatnot. These make Born Under Saturn a comprehensive, quirky, and endlessly diverting resource for students of history and lovers of the arts. "This book is fascinating to read because of the abundant quotations which bring to life so many remarkable individuals."-The New York Review of Books Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)709.22The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts History, geographic treatment, biography Biography (artists not limited to a specific form) Collected biographyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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