Inspiration: Bacchus and the Cultural History of a Creation Myth
Biographical note
John F. Moffitt, Ph.D. (1966) in Art History, University of Madrid, is Professor Emeritus of Art at New Mexico State University. He has published extensively about the historic settings of major art works; among a dozen books, his latest is Caravaggio in Context (McFarland, 2004).
Readership
All those readers interested in aesthetics, and in the intrinsic meanings and origins of modern culture, especially its literary theory and art history. This study also makes an essential contribution to our understanding of classical, medieval and Renaissance culture.
Table of contents
Dedication & Epigraphs
List of Illustrations
Introduction: A Personification of “Inspiration”
PART I. “INSPIRATION”: ANCIENT DIONYSUS TO THE HUMANISTS’ BACCHUS
1. The Modern Condition of “Inspiration”
2. Michelangelo’s Bacchus as a Historical Metaphor
3. The Classical Sources of “Inspiration”
4. Post-Classical and Christian “Inspiration”
5. The Neoplatonic Bacchus of the Renaissance
6. The Emblematic Bacchus and “Inspired” Art-Making
PART II. “INSPIRATION” FOR THE NEO-DIONYSIAC MODERNISTS
7. Post-Renaissance “Inspiration,” from the Enlightenment to the Romantics
8. A Dionysus Reborn for the Symbolist Era
9. Dionysiac Ecstasy and Modernist Art-Worship
10. Surrealist Dionysian Myth and Gestural Performance Art
11. The Inspired Shaman-Artist: The Case of Joseph Beuys
12. Something Like a Post-Modernist Finale
Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Introduction: A Personification of “Inspiration”
PART I. “INSPIRATION”: ANCIENT DIONYSUS TO THE HUMANISTS’ BACCHUS
1. The Modern Condition of “Inspiration”
2. Michelangelo’s Bacchus as a Historical Metaphor
3. The Classical Sources of “Inspiration”
4. Post-Classical and Christian “Inspiration”
5. The Neoplatonic Bacchus of the Renaissance
6. The Emblematic Bacchus and “Inspired” Art-Making
PART II. “INSPIRATION” FOR THE NEO-DIONYSIAC MODERNISTS
7. Post-Renaissance “Inspiration,” from the Enlightenment to the Romantics
8. A Dionysus Reborn for the Symbolist Era
9. Dionysiac Ecstasy and Modernist Art-Worship
10. Surrealist Dionysian Myth and Gestural Performance Art
11. The Inspired Shaman-Artist: The Case of Joseph Beuys
12. Something Like a Post-Modernist Finale
Illustrations
Bibliography
Index
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