Main entry:

Kris, Ernst, 1900-1957, author.

Title & Author:

Legend, myth, and magic in the image of the artist : a historical experiment / Ernst Kris and Otto Kurz ; preface by E.H. Gombrich.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979.

Description:

xvi, 159 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
"Based on Die Legende vom Künstler ... published in 1934 (Vienna: Krystall Verlag). The English translation was prepared by Alastair Laing and revised by Lottie M. Newman. Additions to the original text were made by Otto Kurz."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147) and index.
Preface / by E. H. Gombrich -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction. The “Riddle of the Artist” as a Sociological Phenomenon ; Historical Accounts concerning the Artist ; Anecdotes about Artists, and Some Biographical Motifs -- 2. The Heroization of the Artist in Biography. The Artist’s Youth ; The Discovery of Talent as a Mythological Motif ; Deus artifex-divino artista -- 3. The Artist as Magician. The Work of Art as a Copy of Reality ; The Image as Magic ; The Envy of the Gods -- 4. The Special Position of the Artist in Biography. His Virtuosity ; The Artist and the Public ; Life and Works.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0300022050
9780300022056
0300026692 (pbk.)
9780300026696 (pbk.)

Subject:

Artists Psychology.
Artistes Psychologie
artists (visual artists)
Kunstenaarschap.

Added entries:

Kurz, Otto, 1908-1975, author.
Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001, writer of preface.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 34580
Call No.: 5623; ID:88-B6001
Status: Available