A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso - Paul Barolsky - Books - Pennsylvania State University Press - 9780271036762 - May 15, 2011
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A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso


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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 May 15, 2011
ISBN13 9780271036762
Publishers Pennsylvania State University Press
Pages 168
Dimensions 230 × 153 × 12 mm   ·   272 g

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