The artist as murderer
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  alternate name: Murder
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  id: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310217299
  type: Person
  alternate name: Parrhasius, ca. 425-375 v. Chr. (werkzaam)
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  alternate name: kunstenaars
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  alternate name: Art--Moral and ethical aspects
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  alternate name: moorden
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  alternate name: Artists--Psychology
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  alternate name: Artists--Psychology
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  alternate name: Murder in art
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abstract: "The 4th century BC Greek painter Parrhasius murdered his model--an old man who was his slave--to achieve, so the story goes, a more lifelike depiction of nature. The tale has inspired similar, more elaborate stories about both well known and obscure artists--including da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rubens. Elements of it have appeared in theater, literature and film, as well as in comments by painters, historians, critics and anatomists. Challenging the archetype of the artist as a sympathetic lover of nature, this book examines the artist as cruel and murderous in service of art and ambition, and indirectly addresses a different understanding of the relationship between art and life"-- Provided by publisher.
creator:
  id: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31065422
  type: Person
  alternate name: Land, Norman E. 1943-
  alternate name: Land, Norman E.
language: English
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  name: Engels @nl
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