Robert Mapplethorpe and the classical tradition : photographs and mannerist prints
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Robert Mapplethorpe and the classical tradition : photographs and mannerist prints
Deutsche Guggenheim , Guggenheim Museum, c2004
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Exhibition catalogue
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Robert Mapplethorpe and the classical tradition : photographs and mannerist prints' organized by Germano Celant and Arkady Ippolitov, with Karole Vail, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, July 24-October 17, 2004"--T.p. verso
Selected bibliography: p. 228-230
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Articulated in both word and image, the catalogue also traces Mapplethorpe's complex relationship to the history of art more broadly, ranging from Neoclassicism to Surrealism, with comparisons to the work of Jacques-Louis David, Antonio Canova, Auguste Rodin, Man Ray, and more. In this light, a third essay by Guggenheim curator Jennifer Blessing traces allegorical representations in the 19th and 20th centuries' history of photography, with reference to Mapplethorpe's oeuvre. Blessing discusses examples of highly stylized, theatrical and non-naturalistic scenes and portraits, suggesting that these mannered images are determined by the clash between idealistic intent of their makers and the realism of photographic representation.
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