false 154852 1 This is a pithy collection of essays on the nature, meaning, and destiny of beauty in the late 20th century. For such a slender volume (just 64 pages), the broad scope of these essays covers a lot of ground. Dave Hickey discusses the work of Raphael, Andy Warhol, Caravaggio, and Michel Foucault, traversing centuries of ideas about aesthetics, sexuality, religion, and culture. Hickey, a professor of art criticism and theory at the University of Nevada and the author of a book of short fiction, boldly ventures to compare Robert Mapplethorpe's <i>X Portfolio</i> to Shakespeare's <i>Sonnets</i>. A delight for the mind. 149467 2 12 1994 The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty total:109|5:52|4:40|3:13|2:4|1:0| 109 467 179 15 5 1 false false Fri May 30 20:32:25 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 20:42:05 -0700 2008
Plus, we learn that Art is not necessarily good for you; that the well-being benifits of Art is a Myth cooked up by Institutions of the Pharmacological Arts, like the LACMA and the Getty, et al...
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Hickey's basic premise is that beauty is the agency of visual pleasure. This notion puts Hickey in opposition with a lot of art criticism which is largely concerned w...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Jun 24 11:06:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 11:11:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 06:26:18 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 06:26:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 02 15:24:41 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 15:51:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 15 12:40:57 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 08:45:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 21 19:24:39 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 19:28:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue May 15 14:26:50 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 14:31:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Aug 25 19:50:22 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 19:50:22 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon May 12 22:24:07 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 22:24:57 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 21 14:23:02 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 14:47:20 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Sep 29 19:15:38 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 19:17:52 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jan 26 11:20:23 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 11:20:57 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 02 09:57:21 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 30 22:49:38 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 15:53:18 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 15:53:55 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 15:17:55 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 15:17:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 22:20:16 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 22:20:16 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 22 13:48:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 13:48:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 08:10:41 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:06:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 21:24:09 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 21:24:09 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=154852