The Melancholy Art

by Michael Ann Holly

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Why the art historian's craft is a uniquely melancholy art

Melancholy is not only about sadness, despair, and loss. As Renaissance artists and philosophers acknowledged long ago, it can engender a certain kind of creativity born from a deep awareness of the mutability of life and the inevitable cycle of birth and death. Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the intellectual history of the history of art, The Melancholy Art...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691139342

ISBN13:9780691139340

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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