The Birth of Pandora and the origin of painting

Author

Barrell, John

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

The Birth of Pandora and the division of knowledge

Author (monograph)

Barrell, John (Collective Author)

Source

The Birth of Pandora and the division of knowledge. 1992, 145-220, 26 ill.

Publisher

Macmillan, London (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

An historical, iconographic, stylistic and psychoanalytic account of James Barry's project, conceived in 1791 and not completed until 1804, to paint the subject of the birth of Pandora. Barry's writings and images relating to the project show, mainly by the discussion and representation of the body and analysis of the representation of divinities in ancient art, how the question of sexual differentiation is inseparable from the origins and the political and aesthetic functions of art. (The painting is in the Manchester City Art Gallery).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United Kingdom
• Barry, James, 1741-1806
• Human figure
• Aesthetics
• Pandora
• Art
• Painting
• Society
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Gender (sex)
• Art theory
• Neo-classicism
• Iconography
• Gods
• Psychoanalysis
• Representation
• Manchester Art Gallery||Manchester (GBR)
• Birth of Pandora

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Royaume-Uni
• Barry, James, 1741-1806
• Corps humain
• Esthétique
• Pandore
• Art
• Peinture
• Société
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Sexe (catégorie)
• Théorie de l'art
• Néoclassicisme
• Iconographie
• Dieux
• Psychanalyse
• Représentation
• Manchester Art Gallery||Manchester (GBR)
• Naissance de Pandore

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940401-00341788

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