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<p><P>Drawing on Freudian theories of sexuality and Kant's conception of the beautiful, French art historian Hubert Damisch considers artists as diverse as Raphael, Picasso, Watteau, and Manet to demonstrate that beauty has always been connected to ideas of sexual difference and pleasure. Damisch's tale begins with the judgment of Paris, in which Paris awards Venus the golden apple and thus forever links beauty with desire. The casting of this decision as a mistake&#8212;in which desire is rewarded over wisdom and strength&#8212;is then linked to theories of the unconscious and psychological drives. In his quest for an exposition of the beautiful in its relation to visual pleasure, Damisch employs what he terms &#8220;analytic iconology,&#8221; following the revisions and repetitions of the motif of the judgment through art history, philosophy, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. This translation brings an important figure of the French art historical tradition to Anglo-American audiences.</p><h3>Booknews</h3><p>An idiosyncratic treatment of Greek mythology's most famous choice, along with views of Freud, Kant, and others on the nature of beauty. The topics include This Nothing that Ps

Author

Hubert Damisch

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226135120

Subjects

Art, Psychology, Arts