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A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso
A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso Author:Paul Barolsky In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, about art history as both tragedy and farce, and about the heroic and the mock-heroic. The book demonstrates that the modern idea of the artist ... more »has deep roots in the image of the epic poet, from Homer to Ovid to Dante. Barolsky s major claim is that the history of the artist is inseparable from historical fiction about the artist and that fiction is essential to the reality of the artist s imagination.« less