A Primer
of Visual Cliche
The Laocoon
always a set piece used for Might brought Low by a set of struggling forces.
see Simon Richter, Laocoon's Body and the Aesthetics of Pain,
Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1992 which discusses fiver major
texts on the theme
(and which
acknowledges Elaine Scarry, The Body in Pain, OUP NY
L 1985)
J.J.Winckelmann,
Gedanken uber die Nachahmung der Grieschen Wercke ....
1755
G.E.Lessing,
Laokoon oder uber die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie, 1766
J.G.Herder,
Kritisches Walder, 1769
K.P.Moritz,
Die Grosse Loge - essay , (1793)
Goethe,
Uber Laokoon , 1798
see also expression (and particularly Darwin and Duchenne de Boulogne)
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