The dark side of genius : the melancholic persona in art, ca. 1500-1700 / Laurinda S. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Laurinda S.
Date:
[2013]
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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

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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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PS.AL.AA5-6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780271059358
  • 0271059354