Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art

Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art

A beautifully designed introduction to art history by way of artworks that feature the mouseâ€”from the ancient world to drawings by Picasso, Disney, and Art Spiegelman.
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Across centuries and civilizations, artists have used the mouseâ€”the planetâ€™s most common mammal after usâ€”to illustrate our myths and beliefs. Mice have appeared as Japanese symbols of good luck or medieval emblems of evil, in Arab fables, Russian political satire and Nazi propaganda, as scientific tools and to help us challenge the way we see nature.
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With more than 80 rarely reproduced worksâ€”including paintings by Hieronymus Bosch and Gustav Klimt, a silkscreen by Andy Warhol, a print by Hokusai, a photograph by AndrÃ© KertÃ©sz, a sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, a video installation by Bruce Nauman, a performance by Joseph Beuys, and many moreâ€”Lorna Owen has created an engaging presentation of an extraordinary range. The pieces, which represent every period of visual art, are accompanied by Owenâ€™s intriguing text about the story behind each work. She has combined her passion for art and her empathy for the unsung archetype of the animal kingdom to explain not only how or why the artist came to use the mouse as a subject, but how the art, in the end, reveals more about us than it could ever reveal about this humble creature.Â
Country USA
Brand The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer The Monacelli Press
Binding Hardcover
PartNumber 80
Color Silver
Height 9.29132
Length 8.34644
Weight 1.9290447925
Width 0.90551
ReleaseDate 2014-11-18
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer	The Monacelli Press
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	80
Color	Silver
Height	9.29132
Length	8.34644
Weight	1.9290447925
Width	0.90551
ReleaseDate	2014-11-18
NumberOfItems	1

Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art

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