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The Portrait of the Lover (Hardcover)
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The Portrait of the Lover (Hardcover)
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There are a surprising number of stories from antiquity about
people who fall in love with statues or paintings, and about lovers
who use such visual representations as substitutes for an absent
beloved. In a charmingly conversational, witty meditation on this
literary theme, Maurizio Bettini moves into a wide-ranging
consideration of the relationship between self and image, the
nature of love in the ancient world, the role of representation in
culture, and more. Drawing on historical events and cultural
practices as well as literary works, "The Portrait of the Lover" is
a lucid excursion into the anthropology of the image.
The majority of the stories and poems Bettini examines come from
Greek and Roman classical antiquity, but he reaches as far as
Petrarch, Da Ponte, and Poe. The stories themselves--ranging from
the impassioned to the bizarre, and from the sublime to the
hilarious--serve as touchstones for Bettini's evocative
explorations of the role of representation in literature and in
culture. Although he begins with a consideration of lovers'
portraits, Bettini soon broadens his concerns to include the role
of shadows, dreams, commemorative statues, statues brought to life,
and vengeful statues--in short, an entire range of images that take
on a life of their own.
The chapters shift skillfully from one theme to another, touching
on the nature of desire, loss, memory, and death. Bettini brings to
the discussion of these tales not only a broad learning about
cultures but also a delighted sense of wonder and admiration for
the evocative power and endless variety of the stories themselves.
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