The Judgment of Paris (Analytic Iconology ; 1) - Softcover

Damisch, Hubert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226135128 ISBN 13: 9780226135120

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1996

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Book by Damisch Hubert

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Reseña del editor:

Drawing on Freudian theories of sexuality and Kant's conception of the beautiful, French art historian Hubert Damisch considers artists as diverse as Raphael, Picasso, Watteau, and Manet to demonstrate that beauty has always been connected to ideas of sexual difference and pleasure. Damisch's tale begins with the judgment of Paris, in which Paris awards Venus the golden apple and thus forever links beauty with desire. The casting of this decision as a mistake—in which desire is rewarded over wisdom and strength—is then linked to theories of the unconscious and psychological drives. In his quest for an exposition of the beautiful in its relation to visual pleasure, Damisch employs what he terms “analytic iconology,” following the revisions and repetitions of the motif of the judgment through art history, philosophy, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. This translation brings an important figure of the French art historical tradition to Anglo-American audiences.

Biografía del autor:

Hubert Damisch is Emeritus Professor of the History and Theory of Art at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Over the course of a long and distinguished career, he has held posts at Cornell University, Columbia University, and the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts, Washington. He is the author of "The Origin of Perspective", "The Judgment of Paris", "Skyline: The Narcissistic City", and "A Theory of Cloud: Toward a History of Painting".

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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0226135128
• ISBN 13: 9780226135120
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 395