In this Book
- A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Penn State University Press

summary
In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, about art history as both tragedy and farce, and about the heroic and the mock-heroic. The book demonstrates that the modern idea of the artist has deep roots in the image of the epic poet, from Homer to Ovid to Dante. Barolsky’s major claim is that the history of the artist is inseparable from historical fiction about the artist and that fiction is essential to the reality of the artist’s imagination.
Table of Contents

- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- 5. Vasari and the Quixotic Painter
- pp. 59-66
- 9. Myths and Mysteries of Modern Art
- pp. 103-120
- 11. The Metamorphoses of Picasso
- pp. 129-134
- Bibliographical Note
- pp. 139-142
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 143-144
- Back Cover
- p. 167
Additional Information
ISBN
9780271073750
MARC Record
OCLC
779851034
Pages
168
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No