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Narcissus in Troubled Waters : Francis Bacon, Bill Viola, Jeff Wall by Henri de Riedmatten; Nicolas Galley; Jean-François Corpataux; Valentin Nussbaum is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Narcissus in Troubled Waters explores the myth of Narcissus from its earliest sources, to offer a study of its repercussions on the art of the 20th century.The myth is a cultural archetype, to be found all through Western literature and art history, a myth that is at the origin of a strategy of representation that confronts a person with his or her own image through a medium. This study brings to light the situations of illusion structuring this founding story in each of its variations, and examines their reformulation in visual terms: in the work of Caravaggio and Poussin, then through various examples taken from the artistic activity of the 20th century right up to our own time.As such, the metamorphosis of Narcissus into a concept-narcissism-and above all its re-elaboration through the image-the mirror stage-are confronted with the myth. On the strength of the different historical, exegetic, and visual layers covering the story of Narcissus, this book offers case studies taken from the work of three artists, Francis Bacon, Bill Viola, and Jeff Wall. Each of the three bodies of work selected exemplifies the use of a different artistic medium: painting, video, and photography. The

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Author

Henri de Riedmatten; Nicolas Galley; Jean-François Corpataux; Valentin Nussbaum

Publisher

L'Erma di Bretschneider ISD [Distributor

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9788891308757

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Art, History & Criticism