RT Book
T1 The dark side of genius: the melancholic persona in art, ca. 1500 - 1700
A1 Dixon, Laurinda S. 1948-
LA English
PP University Park, Pa.
PB Pennsylvania State Univ. Press
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/735047723
AB Introduction : the problem of melancholia -- Saturn's privileged realm : meaning and melancholy -- Privileged piety : religious melancholy -- Privileged passion : love melancholy -- Privileged work : scholarly melancholy -- A privileged profession : artists and melancholy -- Wine, women, and song : melancholy mediated -- Epilogue : melancholia denied and revived -- Appendix : medical dissertations on melancholia and related subjects, ca. 1590/1750
AB "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"--Provided by publisher
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN N8224.M44
SN 9780271059358
SN 0271059354
SN 9780271059365
K1 Melancholy in art : History : 16th century
K1 Melancholy in art : History : 17th century
K1 Bildband