Publication

2019 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

English

Word Count

66,750 words, Guess

Page Count

267 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCN8217.E6W365 2019
  • LCCN8217.E6 W365 2020

Description

"This book explores Symbolist artists' fascination with ancient Greek art and myth, and how the erotic played a major role in this. For a brief period at the end of the 19th century the Symbolist movement inspired artists to turn inwards to the unconscious mind, endeavouring to unveil the secrets of human nature through their symbolic art. But above all their greatest interest, and fear, was man (and woman's) sexuality. Building upon the traditions of Academic neoclassicism, but fired with a new zeal, they turned back to Greek art and myth for inspiration"--

Subjects

Topics

SymbolismSex in artClassicism in artHuman beings in artArt & Visual CultureSymbolism (Art movement)Classical Reception (Classical Studies)

Other Editions

  • Sex, Symbolists and the Greek BodyBloomsbury Publishing Plc2019-01-01

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