Under the Spell of Orpheus: The Persistence of a Myth in Twentieth-Century Art

by Judith E. Bernstock and Assistant Professor Judith E. Bernstock A.B. M.A. M.F.A. Ph.D.

This comprehensive view of the Orpheus myth in modern art focuses on an extremely rich artistic symbol and cuts through all the clich s to explore truly significant problems of meaning. The author takes a new approach to the iconography of major modern artists by incorporating psychological and literary analysis, as well as biography.

The three parts of the book explore the ways in which artists have identified with different aspects of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809316595
• ISBN13: 9780809316595
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"