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Classical Myths in Italian Renaissance Painting
Author: Luba Freedman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1107001196
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The book is about a new development in Italian Renaissance art; its aim is to show how artists and humanists came together to effect this revolution, it is important because this is a long-ignored but crucial aspect of the Italian Renaissance, showing us why the masterpieces we take for granted are the way they are, and thre is no competitor in the field. The book sheds light on some of the world's greatest masterpirces of art, including Botticelli's Venus, Leonardo's Leda, Raphael's Galatea, and Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne"--Provided by publisher.
The Revival of the Olympian Gods in Renaissance Art
Author: Luba Freedman
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780521815765
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Looks at the sixteenth-century depictions of Olympian deities.
The Cabinet of Eros
Author: Stephen John Campbell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780300117530
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Renaissance studiolo was a space devoted in theory to private reading. The most famous studiolo of all was that of Isabella d'Este, marchioness of Mantua. This work explores the function of the mythological image within a Renaissance culture of collectors.
Receptions of Antiquity, Constructions of Gender in European Art, 1300-1600
Author: Marice Rose
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-06-24
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9004289690
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Receptions of Antiquity, Constructions of Gender in European Art, 1300-1600 examines the way in which late medieval and early modern visual culture engaged with Greek and Roman antiquity to construct and challenge contemporary gender norms.
Greek Myth and Western Art
Author: Karl Kilinski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1107013321
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This richly illustrated book examines the legacy of Greek mythology in Western art from the classical era to the present. 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.
The Gods of Olympus
Author: Barbara Graziosi
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2014-03-11
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1429943157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An elegant and entertaining account of the transformations of the Greek gods across the ages, from antiquity to the Renaissance and the present day The gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just plain silly. Yet for all their foibles and flaws, they proved to be tough survivors, far outlasting classical Greece itself. In Egypt, the Olympian gods claimed to have given birth to pharaohs; in Rome, they led respectable citizens into orgiastic rituals of drink and sex. Under Christianity and Islam they survived as demons, allegories, and planets; and in the Renaissance, they triumphantly emerged as ambassadors of a new, secular belief in humanity. Their geographic range, too, has been little short of astounding: in their exile, the gods and goddesses of Olympus have traveled east to the walls of cave temples in China and west to colonize the Americas. They snuck into Italian cathedrals, haunted Nietzsche, and visited Borges in his restless dreams. In a lively, original history, Barbara Graziosi offers the first account to trace the wanderings of these protean deities through the millennia. Drawing on a wide range of literary and archaeological sources, The Gods of Olympus opens a new window on the ancient world, religion, mythology, and its lasting influence.
Cultural Encounters: Cross-disciplinary studies from the Late Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
Author: Désirée Cappa
Publisher: Vernon Press
Published: 2019-01-15
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1622735374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of essays contributes to the growing field of ‘encounter studies’ within the domain of cultural history. The strength of this work is the multi- and interdisciplinary approach, with papers on a broad range of historical times, places, and subjects. While each essay makes a valuable and original contribution to its relevant field(s), the collection as a whole is an attempt to probe more general questions and issues concerning the productive outcomes of cultural encounters throughout the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods. The collection is divided into three sections organised thematically and chronologically. The first, ‘Encounters with the Past,’ focuses on the reception of classical antiquity in medieval images and texts from France, Italy and the British Isles. The second, ‘Encounters with Religion,’ presents a selection of instances in which political, philosophical and natural philosophical issues arise within inter-religious contexts. The final section, ‘Encounters with Humanity,’ contains essays on early science fiction, political symbolism, and Elizabethan drama theory, all of which deal with the conception and expression of humanity, on both the individual and societal level. This volume’s wide range of topics and methodological approaches makes it an important point of reference for researchers and practitioners within the humanities who have an interest in the (cross-)cultural history of the medieval and Renaissance periods.
The Politics of Water in the Art and Festivals of Medici Florence
Author: Felicia M. Else
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-07-27
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0429890354
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book tells the story of one dynasty's struggle with water, to control its flow and manage its representation. The role of water in the art and festivals of Cosimo I and his heirs, Francesco I and Ferdinando I de' Medici, informs this richly-illustrated interdisciplinary study. Else draws on a wealth of visual and documentary material to trace how the Medici sought to harness the power of Neptune, whether in the application of his imagery or in the control over waterways and maritime frontiers, as they negotiated a place in the unstable political arena of Europe, and competed with foreign powers more versed in maritime traditions and aquatic imagery.
Zeus
Author: Ken Dowden
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780415305020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ken Dowden's work centres on Zeus, the chief god of the Greeks and ruler of the heavens. As with all the Greek gods and goddesses, he is a piece of a jigsaw that forms the inner story of Ancient Greek society.
