Fame
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"On July 21 356 BC, a young man called Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. His motif? Fame."--Sholem Stein |
Illustration: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Fame or Famous may refer to:
- The condition of being a celebrity
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Etymology
From Latin fama ‘talk, rumor, report, reputation’, from Greek φήμη pheme ‘talk’, from Proto-Indo-European *bheH₂-mā-, from *bheH₂- ‘to speak’.
Works of art in the collective unconscious
There are certain paintings and sculpture from art history, and recently from 20th century modernism like Auguste Rodin's The Thinker, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali, Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth and a few others that seem to have a life of their own outside the world of art museums. Deeply rooted in the collective unconscious, these paintings and sculptures inspire parody, emulation, satire, and admiration.
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