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The Mirror of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art
Malcolm Bull
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Description for The Mirror of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art
Paperback. Perhaps the single most revolutionary aspect of the Renaissance was the re-emergence of the gods and goddesses of antiquity. This book surveys this phenomenon and takes the story from the Renaissance to the Baroque. Each chapter focuses on a particular god and recounts the tales about that deity, as they were re-created by artists. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Perhaps the single most revolutionary aspect of the Renaissance was the re-emergence of the gods and goddesses of antiquity. In the midst of Christian Europe, artists began to decorate luxury goods with scandalous stories from classical mythology, and rulers to identify themselves with the deities of ancient religion. The resulting fusion of erotic fantasy and political power changed the course of Western art and produced many of its most magical and subversive works.
The first book ever to survey this extraordinary phenomenon in its entirety, The Mirror of the Gods takes the story from the Renaissance to the Baroque. Each ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140266085
SKU
V9780140266085
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Ref
99-42
About Malcolm Bull
Malcolm Bull is Head of Art History at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St. Edmund Hall.
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