VIC204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Marble Faun, Xerox Art, Faun
26 Nov 2016
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Grounds for the existence of a canon in visual art: ha(cid:449)thor(cid:374)e"s the marble faun. Suitability of the novelistic, i. e. realistic with the new world, and the romantic with europe, particularly italy, given the fragments of antiquity that exist there. Ha(cid:449)thor(cid:374)e"s titular refere(cid:374)(cid:272)e to the ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) statue of (cid:862)the (cid:373)ar(cid:271)le fau(cid:374)(cid:863) Novel opens in the room of an italian museum containing the statue. Imagination of these statues as embodying an ideal. A small collection of highly idealized statues has a particular influence over visual art thenceforth. The training of artists: bound to the experience of copying: understanding of what it means to be an artist that passes out of existence in the 19th century. Creation of this canon in relation to the renaissance: petrar(cid:272)h"s appoi(cid:374)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t as poet laureate of rome; seen as a renovation of culture through revival of the classics.
