The Dream of the Moving Statue

Kenneth Gross

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Author(s)

Kenneth Gross

Publication, year

Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 1992

Scope

251 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

ISBN

0801427029

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The fantasy of a sculpture that moves, speaks, or responds, a statue that comes to life as an oracle, lover, avenger, mocker, or monster. The living statue appears in ancient creation narratives, the myths of Pygmalion and Don Juan, romantic fairy tales, opera, philosophy, psychoanalysis and film.

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Keywords

film , video , installatie / installation , beeldhouwkunst / sculpture , monumenten / monuments

Location

Cabinet 25 - 2: Kunst in de openbare ruimte ; Monumenten / Art in Public Space ; Monuments

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.