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A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso Paul Barolsky
A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso
Paul Barolsky
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.
168 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 27, 2010 |
| Original release date | 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780271036762 |
| Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Pages | 168 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 153 × 12 mm · 272 g |