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- catalog abstract ""Nigel Spivey takes on one of the greatest taboos in Western culture in this original work of cultural history: why is so much pain depicted in the art of the West? Beginning with a mediation on Auschwitz, the prize-winning author then takes us on a journey that encompasses the stone-bound screams of Classical sculpture, the many depictions of the Crucifixion, the Massacre of the Innocents and St. Sebastians pierced with arrows, self-portraits of the aging Rembrandt, and the tortured art of Vincent van Gogh. Exploring the tender, complex rapport between art and pain, Spivey guides us through the twentieth-century photographs of casualties of war, Edvard Munch's The Scream, and back to the recorded horrors of the Holocaust." "Enduring Creation reveals the amazing power of art to console, to warn, to prepare the viewer for the harsher experiences of life, raising intriguing questions: Can pain be beautiful? Do we always pity suffering? Are sainthood and sado-masochism linked? This compelling study concludes with a positive message of hope for the enduring human spirit."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Art, pain, and fortitude".
- catalog contributor b12091466.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Enduring Creation reveals the amazing power of art to console, to warn, to prepare the viewer for the harsher experiences of life, raising intriguing questions: Can pain be beautiful? Do we always pity suffering? Are sainthood and sado-masochism linked? This compelling study concludes with a positive message of hope for the enduring human spirit."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Nigel Spivey takes on one of the greatest taboos in Western culture in this original work of cultural history: why is so much pain depicted in the art of the West? Beginning with a mediation on Auschwitz, the prize-winning author then takes us on a journey that encompasses the stone-bound screams of Classical sculpture, the many depictions of the Crucifixion, the Massacre of the Innocents and St. Sebastians pierced with arrows, self-portraits of the aging Rembrandt, and the tortured art of Vincent van Gogh. Exploring the tender, complex rapport between art and pain, Spivey guides us through the twentieth-century photographs of casualties of war, Edvard Munch's The Scream, and back to the recorded horrors of the Holocaust."".
- catalog description "1. Stepping Worstwards -- 2. The Audition of Laocoon's Scream -- 3. Tel Est Mon Paradis -- 4. Tears of Devotion: A Medieval Glossary -- 5. Vasari and the Pangs of St. Sebastian -- 6. This Is My Body -- 7. Pathos by Formula, Horror by Decree -- 8. Salvete Flores Martyrum -- 9. Rembrandt's Elephant Eyes -- 10. We Are Sorry But Utopia Has Had to Be Postponed -- 11. The Comforts of Unhomeliness -- 12. Finale: Unending.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index.".
- catalog extent "272 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520230221 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "700/.453 21".
- catalog subject "N8234.P24 S675 2001".
- catalog subject "Pain in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Stepping Worstwards -- 2. The Audition of Laocoon's Scream -- 3. Tel Est Mon Paradis -- 4. Tears of Devotion: A Medieval Glossary -- 5. Vasari and the Pangs of St. Sebastian -- 6. This Is My Body -- 7. Pathos by Formula, Horror by Decree -- 8. Salvete Flores Martyrum -- 9. Rembrandt's Elephant Eyes -- 10. We Are Sorry But Utopia Has Had to Be Postponed -- 11. The Comforts of Unhomeliness -- 12. Finale: Unending.".
- catalog title "Art, pain, and fortitude".
- catalog title "Enduring creation : art, pain, and fortitude / Nigel Spivey.".
- catalog type "text".