The dark side of genius : the melancholic persona in art, ca. 1500-1700 / Laurinda S. Dixon.
- Dixon, Laurinda S.
- Date:
- [2013]
- Books
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Description
"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.
Publication/Creation
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Physical description
xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contributors
Contents
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Text in English.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePS.AL.AA5-6Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780271059358
- 0271059354