Greek Myth and Western Art : The Presence of the Past
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107013321
ISBN-13
9781107013322
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 12th, 2012
Print length
337 Pages
Weight
854 grams
Dimensions
26.00 x 18.60 x 2.10 cms
Ksh 18,550.00
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This richly illustrated book examines the legacy of Greek mythology in Western art from the classical era to the present. It explores the enduring importance of key mythological figures and motifs for artists and viewers in their own time and over the millennia that followed.
Greek myth has played an unparalleled role in the formation of Western visual traditions, for which it has provided a nearly inexhaustible source of forms, symbols and narratives. This richly illustrated book examines the legacy of Greek mythology in Western art from the classical era to the present. It reveals the range and variety with which individual Greek myths, motifs and characters have been treated throughout the history of the visual arts in the West. Tracing the emergence, survival and transformation of key mythological figures and motifs from ancient Greece through the modern era, it explores the enduring importance of such myths for artists and viewers in their own time and over the millennia that followed.
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