A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso |
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Author:
| Barolsky, Paul |
ISBN: | 978-0-271-03675-5 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, about art history as both tragedy and farce, and about the heroic and the mock-heroic. The book demonstrates that the modern idea of the artist ......
In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, about art history as both tragedy and farce, and about the heroic and the mock-heroic. The book demonstrates that the modern idea of the artist ......