The Judgment of Paris

by Hubert Damisch

Book Overview

Drawing on Freudian theories of sexuality and Kant's conception of the beautiful, French art historian Hubert Damisch considers artists as diverse as Raphael, Picasso, Watteau, and Manet to demonstrate that beauty has always been connected to ideas of sexual difference and pleasure. Damisch's tale begins with the judgment of Paris, in which Paris awards Venus the golden apple and thus forever links beauty with desire. The casting of this decision...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226135101
• ISBN13: 9780226135106
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"