A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Criticism, Art History
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Author: Paul Barolsky ISBN: 9780271073750
Publisher: Penn State University Press Publication: March 11, 2010
Imprint: Penn State University Press Language: English
Author: Paul Barolsky
ISBN: 9780271073750
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication: March 11, 2010
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Language: English

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 has deep roots in the image of the epic poet, from Homer to Ovid to Dante. Barolsky’s major claim is that the history of the artist is inseparable from historical fiction about the artist and that fiction is essential to the reality of the artist’s imagination.

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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 has deep roots in the image of the epic poet, from Homer to Ovid to Dante. Barolsky’s major claim is that the history of the artist is inseparable from historical fiction about the artist and that fiction is essential to the reality of the artist’s imagination.

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