The Dark Side of Genius

Informationen zum Autor Laurinda S. Dixon is Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Music Histories at Syracuse University. Klappentext Examines "melancholia" as a philosophical! medical! and social phenomenon in early modern art. Argues that! despite advances in art and science! the topos of the dispirited intellectual continues to function metaphorically as a locus for society's fears and tensions. Zusammenfassung Examines "melancholia" as a philosophical! medical! and social phenomenon in early modern art. Argues that! despite advances in art and science! the topos of the dispirited intellectual continues to function metaphorically as a locus for society's fears and tensions.

Product details

• Authors: Laurinda S Dixon, Laurinda S. Dixon, Laurinda S. (Syracuse University) Dixon, Dixon Laurinda S.
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9780271059358
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05935-8
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Europe, ART / Subjects & Themes / Portraits, ART / History / General, ART / European, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Renaissance art, Portraits in art, ART / History / European / Renaissance