There are many reasons why works of art become famous; few have anything to do with quality. Art museums are filled with masterworks that are unknown to the general public. This book raises questions about how fame is achieved, and ultimately how a work either retains that fame, or passes from the public consciousness.
There are many reasons why works of art become famous; few have anything to do with quality. Art museums are filled with masterworks that are unknown to the general public. This book raises questions about how fame is achieved, and ultimately how a work either retains that fame, or passes from the public consciousness.
John Nici is a professor of art history at Queens College in Flushing, New York.
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Acknowledgments Foreword by Dennis Geronimus Introduction Chapter 1 The Great Sphinx: Beyond Human Understanding Chapter 2 Tomb of Tutankhamen: Politics, Ethnic Pride, Hornets, a Dead Canary, and a Curse Chapter 3 The Parthenon Sculptures: Lord Elgin and How Greece Lost Its Marbles Chapter 4 The Apollo Belvedere: The Rise and Fall of The Apollo Belvedere Chapter 5 Nike of Samothrace: The Victory of the Staircase Chapter 6 Birth of Venus by Botticelli: Nothing Is Forever, Not Even Neglect Chapter 7 Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci: You Never Know What a Smile Can Do Chapter 8 Sistine Madonna by Raphael: The Most Perfect Picture in the World Chapter 9 The Burial of Count Orgaz by El Greco: A Touch of Madness Goes a Long Way Chapter 10 Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt: Fame Available for a Price Chapter 11 Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze: Or Perhaps, Washington Crossing the Rhine Chapter 12 Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet: Success through Scandal Chapter 13 The Thinker by Auguste Rodin: Fame Has Its Consequences Chapter 14 Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh: Lost in a Starry Night Chapter 15 The Scream by Edvard Munch: Scream, Indeed Chapter 16 American Gothic by Grant Wood: All-American Gothic Chapter 17 Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange: The Power of the Press Chapter 18 Guernica by Pablo Picasso: Travels with Guernica Chapter 19 Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup: Mmm Mmm Good Chapter 20 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin: The Triumph of Abstraction Index About the Author
Acknowledgments Foreword by Dennis Geronimus Introduction Chapter 1 The Great Sphinx: Beyond Human Understanding Chapter 2 Tomb of Tutankhamen: Politics, Ethnic Pride, Hornets, a Dead Canary, and a Curse Chapter 3 The Parthenon Sculptures: Lord Elgin and How Greece Lost Its Marbles Chapter 4 The Apollo Belvedere: The Rise and Fall of The Apollo Belvedere Chapter 5 Nike of Samothrace: The Victory of the Staircase Chapter 6 Birth of Venus by Botticelli: Nothing Is Forever, Not Even Neglect Chapter 7 Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci: You Never Know What a Smile Can Do Chapter 8 Sistine Madonna by Raphael: The Most Perfect Picture in the World Chapter 9 The Burial of Count Orgaz by El Greco: A Touch of Madness Goes a Long Way Chapter 10 Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt: Fame Available for a Price Chapter 11 Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze: Or Perhaps, Washington Crossing the Rhine Chapter 12 Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet: Success through Scandal Chapter 13 The Thinker by Auguste Rodin: Fame Has Its Consequences Chapter 14 Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh: Lost in a Starry Night Chapter 15 The Scream by Edvard Munch: Scream, Indeed Chapter 16 American Gothic by Grant Wood: All-American Gothic Chapter 17 Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange: The Power of the Press Chapter 18 Guernica by Pablo Picasso: Travels with Guernica Chapter 19 Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup: Mmm Mmm Good Chapter 20 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Lin: The Triumph of Abstraction Index About the Author
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