Drawing on Freudian theories of sexuality and Kant's conception of the beautiful, French art historian Hubert Damisch considers artists as diverse as Raphael, Picasso, Watteau, and Manet to demonstrate that beauty has always been connected to ideas of sexual difference and pleasure. Damisch's tale begins with the judgment of Paris, in which Paris awards Venus the golden apple and thus forever links beauty with desire. The casting of this decision as a mistake?in which desire is rewarded over wisdom and strength?is then linked to theories of the unconscious and psychological drives. In his quest for an exposition of the beautiful in its relation to visual pleasure, Damisch employs what he terms ?analytic iconology,? following the revisions and repetitions of the motif of the judgment through art history, philosophy, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. This translation brings an important figure of the French art historical tradition to Anglo-American audiences.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226135120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95969888
Product Key Features
Author
Hubert Damisch
Publication Name
The Judgment of Paris
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
396 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
225mm
Item Width
157mm
Item Weight
578g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Hubert Damisch
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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