"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...
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"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"-- Introduction -- Context -- Symbolists and the Classics -- The Greek Body -- Sex and the Symbolists -- Part 1 – The Female Body -- Aphrodite – As Object -- Medusa – As Danger -- Sphinx – As Mystery -- Part 2 – The Male Body -- Endymion – As Idol -- Faun – As Instinct -- Ganymede – As Androgyne -- Part 3 – The Other -- Conclusion.
"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...
more
"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"-- Introduction -- Context -- Symbolists and the Classics -- The Greek Body -- Sex and the Symbolists -- Part 1 – The Female Body -- Aphrodite – As Object -- Medusa – As Danger -- Sphinx – As Mystery -- Part 2 – The Male Body -- Endymion – As Idol -- Faun – As Instinct -- Ganymede – As Androgyne -- Part 3 – The Other -- Conclusion.
