Dark Side of Genius:: The Melancholic Persona in Art, ca. 1500-1700 TOLKIEN-TOLKIEN RELATED TITLE this volume in the Tel

this volume in the Tel Miqne series documents remarkable finds from the late Iron Age II Philistine temple

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Dark Side of Genius:: The Melancholic Persona in Art, ca. 1500-1700 TOLKIEN-TOLKIEN RELATED TITLE this volume in the TelIn The Dark Side of Genius, Laurinda Dixon examines melancholia as a philosophical, medical, and social phenomenon in early modern art. Once considered to have a physical and psychic disorder, the melancholic combined positive aspects of genius and breeding with the negative qualities of depression and obsession. By focusing on four exemplary archetypesthe hermit, lover, scholar, and artistthis study reveals that, despite advances in art and science,