Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse
Master Thesis
1998
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University of Cape Town
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Concentrating on the object as vestige of function in the portrayal of muses in ancient Greek sculpture, my aim is to dismiss their traditional representations, and to reconstruct the choir of the muses by iconographic substitution. The hypothesis is that if the muses are prototypes rather than personages, then mythic meaning will survive its own dislocation and continue to function in substitute form, giving the resulting sculptures symbolic impetus.
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Von Solms, C. 1998. Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse. University of Cape Town.