Bibliograph

Venus in exile, the rejection of beauty in twentieth-century art, Wendy Steiner

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Venus in exile, the rejection of beauty in twentieth-century art, Wendy Steiner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-270) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Venus in exile

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45861833

Responsibility statement

Wendy Steiner

Sub title

the rejection of beauty in twentieth-century art

Summary

Demonstrates how the modernist avant-garde eliminated traditional symbols of beauty in its art and replaced them with the abstract form, and reflects on changing trends in the attitude toward beauty

Table Of Contents

Psyche's pleasure -- The monster sublime -- The burden of the image -- The infamous promiscuity of things and of women -- The quotation of beauty -- The bride of Frankenstein : at home with the outsider -- A judgment of Paris -- Modeling beauty

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