Born under Saturn The Character and Conduct of Artists

Name: Born under Saturn The Character and Conduct of Artists
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ISBN: 9781590172131

ISBN-10: 1590172132

ISBN-13: 9781590172131

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rudolf Wittkower, Margot Wittkower, Joseph Connors

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"A rare art history classic that The New York Times calls a " delightful, scholarly and gossipy romp through the character and conduct of artists from antiquity to the French Revolution." " "Born Under Saturn" is a classic work of scholarship written with a light and winning touch. Margot and Rudolf Wittkower explore the history of the familiar idea that artistic inspiration is a form of madness, a madness directly expressed in artists' unhappy and eccentric lives. This idea of the alienated artist, the Wittkowers demonstrate, comes into its own in the Renaissance, as part of the new bid by visual artists to distinguish themselves from craftsmen, with whom they were then lumped together.…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 11/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.28" wide x 8.03" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Joseph Connors, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, was Director of Villa I Tatti from 2002 to 2010.