Messerschmidt''s Character Heads - Maddening Sculpture and the Writing of Art History

List of contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Writing the Artist’s Mind
Introduction to Part I
Chapter 1: Nicolai’s Dreamer
Chapter 2: Kris’s Psychotic
Part II: Writing the Artist’s Context
Introduction to Part II
Chaper 3: Mesmer’s Acolyte
Chapter 4: Lichtenberg’s Ally
Part III: Writing the Artist’s Project
Introduction to Part III
Chapter 5: The Game of Making
Chapter 6: The Envy of the Gods
Conclusion

About the author

Michael Yonan is associate professor of art history at the University of Missouri–Columbia, USA. He is a specialist in eighteenth-century European art and material culture.

Summary

This book examines a famous series of sculptures by the German artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) known as his "Character Heads."

Product details

• Authors: Assoc. Prof. Michael E. Yonan, Assoc. Prof. Michael E. (University of Miss Yonan, Assoc. Prof. Michael E. (University Of Missouri) Yonan, Michael Yonan, Michael (University of Missouri) Yonan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138213432
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21343-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Studies in Art Historiography; Studies in Art Historiography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, ART / European, ART / Sculpture & Installation, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, PSYCHOLOGY / History, sculpture, History of Art, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Art styles not defined by date, The arts: general topics