Too Beautiful to Picture: Zeuxis, Myth, and Mimesis

by Elizabeth C. Mansfield

Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As first reported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portray Helen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816647496
• ISBN13: 9780816647491
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.9"