The Man behind the Mask? Looking at Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

This essay challenges the notion that the disquieting grimaces and facial aberrations of sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's Character Heads can be explained through suppositions about his eccentric or lunatic creative persona. In contrast, by foregrounding the objects themselves within a clos...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Eighteenth-century studies 2009-04, Vol.42 (3), p.431-451
1. Verfasser:	Yonan, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Busts Emotional expression Face Facial expressions Head Portraits Rococo art Sculptors Sculpture Visual fixation
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