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9780520216822

My Laocoon

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520216822

  • ISBN10:

    0520216822

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr
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Summary

Focusing on the great Hellenistic sculpture, the Laocoon, Brilliant's writes an original and intentionally confrontational essay on the role interpretation and reception play in the meaning of art.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Introduction 1(28)
PART ONE. LAOCOONS
Laocoon I: 1506
29(11)
Laocoon A and B: Before 1506
40(10)
Laocoon II: Winckelmann, Lessing, Goethe
50(12)
Laocoon III: After 1960
62(13)
PART TWO. COMPARANDA
Problematic Exemplars; or, What's in a Name?
75(18)
Titian, Sacred and Profane Love: Entitlement and the Dialectic
75(5)
Velazquez, Las Meninas: Epistemological Argument
80(7)
Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: Ontology versus Teleology
87(6)
PART THREE. THE INTERPRETER'S CLAIM
``My Laocoon''
93(14)
Notes 107(26)
Illustrations 133(4)
Index 137

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