Drunken Silenus

Author : Morgan Meis
Publisher : Slant Books
ISBN 13 : 1639820566
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Drunken Silenus written by Morgan Meis and published by Slant Books. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Drunken Silenus is a book that is as hard to categorize as it is to put down--an enlightening and mesmerizing blend of philosophy, history, and art criticism. Morgan Meis begins simply enough, with a painting by the Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens of the figure from Greek mythology who is mentor to Dionysus, god of wine and excess of every kind. We learn who this obscure, minor god is--why he must attend on the god who dies and must be re-born and educated all over again--and why Rubens depicted him not as a character out of a farce, but as one whose plight evokes pity and compassion. The narrative spirals out from there, taking in the history of Antwerp, bloody seventeenth-century religious wars, tales of Rubens's father's near-execution for sleeping with William of Orange's wife, Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and the impossibility of there being any meaning to human life, and the destruction of all civilization by nefarious forces within ourselves. All of this is conveyed in language that crackles with intelligence, wit, and dark humor--a voice that at times sounds a bit tipsy and garrulous, but which ultimately asks us to confront the deepest questions of meaning, purpose, and hope in the face of death and tragedy.

Author : Morgan Meis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781639820542
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drunken Silenus written by Morgan Meis and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Drunken Silenus is a book that is as hard to categorize as it is to put down--an enlightening and mesmerizing blend of philosophy, history, and art criticism. Morgan Meis begins simply enough, with a painting by the Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens of the figure from Greek mythology who is mentor to Dionysus, god of wine and excess of every kind. We learn who this obscure, minor god is--why he must attend on the god who dies and must be re-born and educated all over again--and why Rubens depicted him not as a character out of a farce, but as one whose plight evokes pity and compassion. The narrative spirals out from there, taking in the history of Antwerp, bloody seventeenth-century religious wars, tales of Rubens's father's near-execution for sleeping with William of Orange's wife, Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and the impossibility of there being any meaning to human life, and the destruction of all civilization by nefarious forces within ourselves. All of this is conveyed in language that crackles with intelligence, wit, and dark humor--a voice that at times sounds a bit tipsy and garrulous, but which ultimately asks us to confront the deepest questions of meaning, purpose, and hope in the face of death and tragedy.

Author : Helene E. Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787925
Total Pages : 2586 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography written by Helene E. Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 2586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature, and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures, and genres. Art historians now tend to study narrative themes depicted in works of art in relation to such subjects as gender and sexuality, politics and power, ownership and possession, ceremony and ritual, legitimacy and authority. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography reflects these new approaches by ordering the themes of various iconographic sources in particular biblical, mythological, and literary texts according to these new emphases.Each handsomely illustrated entry discusses the major relevant iconographic narratives and the historical background of each theme. A list of selected works of art that accompanies each essay guides the reader to examples in art that depict the theme under discussion. Each essay includes a list of suggested reading that provides further sources of information about the themes. A general bibliography of reference books is listed separately and can be used in association with all the essays. With 119 entries written by 42 experts, the Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography is an important reference work for art historians, students of art history, artists, and the general reader.

Author : Lisa Rosenthal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521842440
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Politics, and Allegory in the Art of Rubens written by Lisa Rosenthal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, Politics, and Allegory in the Art of Peter Paul Rubens examines the intertwined relationship between paintings of family and marriage, and of war, peace, and statehood by the Flemish master. Drawing extensively upon recent critical and gender theory, Lisa Rosenthal reshapes our view of Rubens' works and of the interpretive practices through which we engage them. Close readings offer new interpretations of canonical images, while bringing into view other powerful works which are less familiar. The focus on gender serves as a catalyst that enables an original way of reading visual allegory, giving it a dynamic multivalence undiscovered by traditional iconographic methods.

Author : Anne T. Woollett
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606066706
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rubens written by Anne T. Woollett and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study devoted to classical art’s vital creative impact on the work of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. For the great Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), the classical past afforded lifelong creative stimulus and the camaraderie of humanist friends. A formidable scholar, Rubens ingeniously transmitted the physical ideals of ancient sculptors, visualized the spectacle of imperial occasions, rendered the intricacies of mythological tales, and delineated the character of gods and heroes in his drawings, paintings, and designs for tapestries. His passion for antiquity profoundly informed every aspect of his art and life. Including 170 color illustrations, this volume addresses the creative impact of Rubens’s remarkable knowledge of the art and literature of antiquity through the consideration of key themes. The book’s lively interpretive essays explore the formal and thematic relationships between ancient sources and Baroque expressions: the significance of neo-Stoic philosophy, the compositional and iconographic inspiration provided by exquisite carved gems, Rubens’s study of Roman marble sculpture, and his inventive translation of ancient sources into new subjects made vivid by his dynamic painting style. This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa from November 10, 2021, to January 24, 2022.

Author : Lucia Impelluso
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892367023
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods and Heroes in Art written by Lucia Impelluso and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classical guide to the role both Greek and Roman mythology played in European art during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical ages. Includes more than four hundred illustrations.

Author : Julian Porter
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459700732
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in Europe written by Julian Porter and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit some of Europe's greatest galleries and view some of the world's most breath-taking paintings in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide. Beginning with the Renaissance and ending with the Modern era, Julian Porter introduces you to 149 specially chosen paintings and the artists who created them.

Author : Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870996479
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jusepe de Ribera 1591-1652 written by Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1992 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Mayer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382307103
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Celebrated and Well-Known Collection of Antiquities, formed by B. Hertz written by Joseph Mayer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Bram Hertz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Indian, Peruvian and Mexican Antiquities written by Bram Hertz and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: