02639nam 2200637 a 450 991077827290332120200520144314.00-8166-9816-32027/heb30558(CKB)1000000000481113(EBL)322590(OCoLC)476120159(SSID)ssj0000260047(PQKBManifestationID)11937404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260047(PQKBWorkID)10191545(PQKB)10705820(MiAaPQ)EBC322590(OCoLC)182775973(MdBmJHUP)muse39922(Au-PeEL)EBL322590(CaPaEBR)ebr10202558(CaONFJC)MIL522503(dli)HEB30558(MiU)MIU01000000000000012431762(EXLCZ)99100000000048111320060821d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrToo beautiful to picture[electronic resource] Zeuxis, myth, and mimesis /Elizabeth C. MansfieldMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20071 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4749-6 0-8166-4748-8 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.Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As firstreported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portrayHelen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not matchHelen's beauty, he combined the best features of five different models.A primer on mimesis in art making, the Zeuxis myth also illustratesambivalence about the ability to rely on nature as a model for idealform.Art and mythologyMimesis in artNarrative artArt and mythology.Mimesis in art.Narrative art.701Mansfield Elizabeth1965-166710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778272903321Too beautiful to picture2091305UNINA