{"product_id":"9789042946385-petrifying-gazes-danae-and-the-uncanny-space","title":"Petrifying Gazes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDanaë and the Uncanny Space\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e      Of all the ancient myths where rain plays an important role, the       impregnation of Danaë by Zeus through a golden rain is perhaps the one       most often depicted in art. This essay is dedicated to the artistic       afterlife of the myth, with special focus on the painting of Danaë       (1527) by Jan Gossaert van Mabuse (1478-1532). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e      Gossaert’s \u003ci\u003eDanaë\u003c\/i\u003e is a sophisticated articulation of outer and       inner discourse: the hard, dry, background, with its eclectic       architecture, in contrast with the sweltering, moist, foreground with       the figure’s naked body. This essay develops Gossaert’s complex       \u003ci\u003ephantasmata\u003c\/i\u003e surrounding architecture, decoration, and the female       body in three spaces: the intimate space of impregnation, the       psychosomatic space, and, third, the petrifying space of Medusa.       \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e      Barbara Baert writes: \u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e      “Danaë is the living emanation of painting as the uttermost       exhibitionistic medium. Her unveiled skin fragile exposed in the midst       of an overwhelming symphonic outburst of details, facades, windows.       Danaë: martyr of glossy materials - marble and flesh - unable to       disappear in her own skin; held hostage within a medium of walls. Her       only desire is to disappear in the ultimate thin membrane, to vaporize       beyond the harsh brocks and, then, at the very end, leave the medium of       textile too. There were threads become drippings, lines become tears.”    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55171685908854,"sku":"9789042946385","price":62.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28737042.jpg?v=1737426698","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042946385-petrifying-gazes-danae-and-the-uncanny-space","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}