Under the spell of Orpheus : the persistence of a myth in twentieth-century art

Author

Bernstock, Judith E.; Selz, Peter (Author of introductory parts)

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

62 ill.; sel. bibliogr.; index ; xxv, 235 p. ; 1991

ISBN

0-8093-1659-5

Publisher

Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Examines the iconography of Orpheus in art of the 20th c., arguing that this mythological hero has "personified the artist concerned with civilizing the bestial nature of man, grappling with the vital questions of life and death, and the many dilemmas involved in creativity. Artists used Orpheus to express their profound searches into their inner beings to explain their ideals, fears, self-doubts and situations." Among the artists discussed are Delaunay, Zadkine, Klee, Dufy, Beckmann, Marc, Masson, Lipchitz, Picasso, Kokoschka, Twombly and Newman.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945
• Orpheus
• Iconography
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Delaunay, Robert, 1885-1941
• Zadkine, Ossip, 1890-1967
• Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
• Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
• Marc, Franz, 1880-1916
• Masson, André, 1896-1987
• Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
• Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-1980
• Twombly, Cy, b.1928
• Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945
• Orphée
• Iconographie
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Delaunay, Robert, 1885-1941
• Zadkine, Ossip, 1890-1967
• Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
• Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953
• Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
• Marc, Franz, 1880-1916
• Masson, André, 1896-1987
• Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
• Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-1980
• Twombly, Cy, n.1928
• Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00343480

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