Hardcover
2007 · New Haven
by Sohm, Philip
New Haven: Yale, 2007. Hardcover. As new in shrinkwrap. Burgundy boards with burgundy and color illustrated dust jacket, white lettering, ix, 222 pp, illustrated in bw and color. "How does the artist's self-conception change in old age? How does old age affect artistic practice? In this intriguing study, art historian Philip Sohm considers some of the greatest artists of Renaissance and Baroque Italy and their experiences of aging. Sohm investigates how art critics, collectors, biographers and fellow artists dealt with old painters, what mental landscapes preconditioned responses to art by the elderly and how biology and psychology were co-opted to explain the imprint that artists left on their art. He also looks carefully at the impact of prejudices, stereotypes, and other imaginary truths about old age."--BOOK JACKET.
(Inventory #: 176840)