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Too beautiful to picture [electronic resource] : Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis / Elizabeth C. Mansfield.

By: Mansfield, Elizabeth, 1965-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007Description: xxi, 232 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Zeuxis, 5th cent. B.C | Art and mythology | Mimesis in art | Narrative artGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 701 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Myth and Mimesis in western art history -- Art history as myth -- The Zeuxis myth -- Myth and Mimesis in the Renaissance -- Painting (like) Zeuxis -- Zeuxis in the academy -- Women artists and the Zeuxis myth -- Painting in the philosophical brothel -- Zeuxis in the operating room: Orlan's carnal art -- Conclusion: Zeuxis selecting models and the cultural unconscious.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-211) and index.

Myth and Mimesis in western art history -- Art history as myth -- The Zeuxis myth -- Myth and Mimesis in the Renaissance -- Painting (like) Zeuxis -- Zeuxis in the academy -- Women artists and the Zeuxis myth -- Painting in the philosophical brothel -- Zeuxis in the operating room: Orlan's carnal art -- Conclusion: Zeuxis selecting models and the cultural unconscious.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.