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My Laocoön

alternative claims in the interpretation of artworks

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An edition of My Laocoön (2000)

My Laocoön

alternative claims in the interpretation of artworks

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"Analyzing the theme, provenance, and history of the Vatican Laocoon, Richard Brilliant traces the interpretation of this masterpiece of Greco-Roman sculpture through the ages, showing how these interpretations have shaped its reception.

Several Laocoons are identified in this study: the alleged lost "Greek original"; the extant marbles sculpted in the first century; the sixteenth-century restoration and its affect; the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century topos of critical judgment; and the twentieth-century re-restored artifact of ancient art.

Yet the Vatican Laocoon contains all of these versions in its obdurate self, and My Laocoon treats their history as a means of demonstrating an artwork's power to transcend its critical reception." "Brilliant tells the Laocoon story with wit and crudition, and his selection of illustrations demonstrates the influence that this work has exerted over the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
146

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Subjects

Laocoön (Legendary character), Art criticism, Art, History, Influence, Sculpture, Classical, in art, Laocoon

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My Laocoön: alternative claims in the interpretation of artworks
2000, University of California Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-132) and index.

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Berkeley
Series
Discovery series ;, 8, California studies in the history of art., 8.
Genre
Art.

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Dewey Decimal Class
730/.92
Library of Congress
NB105.A34 A7 2000

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Pagination
xvi, 146 p. :
Number of pages
146

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OL44946M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780520216822
ISBN 10
0520216822
LCCN
99041240
OCLC/WorldCat
41967216
Library Thing
5974493
Goodreads
1758537

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