The Dark Side of Genius by Laurinda S. Syracuse University Dixon
Product Specifications
- Title: The Dark Side of Genius by Laurinda S. Syracuse University Dixon
- Author: Laurinda S. Syracuse University Dixon
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Binding: Hardback
- History of art art & design styles
- No. of pages: 264
- Dimensions (approx. mm): 241 x 293 x 2
Product Description
Examines 'melancholia' as a philosophical medical and social phenomenon in early modern art. Argues that despite advances in art and science the topos of the dispirited intellectual continues to function metaphorically as a locus for society's fears and tensions.