ENDURING CREATION (HARDBACK) - Softcover

SPIVEY

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9780500237830: ENDURING CREATION (HARDBACK)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500237832 ISBN 13: 9780500237830
Publisher: THAMES HUDSON, 1999

Synopsis

Why has such an apparently unpleasant subject such as pain preoccupied artists of every age? Nigel Spivey explores this question in a perceptive and eloquent exposition that ranges from the Christian martyrs to Munch's seminal The Scream and the horrors of the Holocaust. Enduring Creation triggers and explores in depth a host of complicated questions surrounding the motivations of artists and the psychology of our response. Can pain be beautiful? Do we always pity suffering? Is there a link between sainthood and sado-masochism? The result is a brilliantly innovative work of cultural history, and one of those rare books that makes the past come alive by creating a persistent sense that it is of pressing relevance today.

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"Spivey writes with conviction both about art and about human experience and with an obvious pleasure in language. The opening account of a train trip to the Auschwitz Museum sets the tone for what is always, explicitly or implicitly, more than merely another art historical account."--David B. Morris, author of Culture of Pain

"A general tour de force of erudition. [T]he book is very well-written [and] accessible to the general reader."--Alexander Nemerov, author of The Body of Raphaelle Peale

"The prose is lively and the insights thought-provoking. There is also an engaging, at times moving, personal touch to the book. [I]t will appeal to a wide audience of specialists and nonspecialists alike."--Buchanan Sharp, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz

About the Author

Nigel Spivey is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge, where he has also been a Fellow of Emmanuel College since 1992. His books include the prizewinning Understanding Greek Sculpture, as well as acclaimed volumes on Greek and Etruscan art.

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Publisher
THAMES HUDSON
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0500237832
ISBN 13 
9780500237830
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Rating
  • 4.30 out of 5 stars
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