Too Beautiful to Picture: Zeuxis, Myth, and Mimesis
Awards:   Winner of Too Beautiful to Picture.
Author:   Elizabeth C. Mansfield
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
ISBN:  

9780816647484


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 February 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Too Beautiful to Picture: Zeuxis, Myth, and Mimesis


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An intriguing look at imitation in Western art from antiquity to the present. Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As first reported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portray Helen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not match Helen's beauty, he combined the best features of five different models. A primer on mimesis in art making, the Zeuxis myth also illustrates ambivalence about the ability to rely on nature as a model for ideal form.

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Author:   Elizabeth C. Mansfield
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.608kg
ISBN:  

9780816647484


ISBN 10:   0816647488
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 February 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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