The mirror of the gods : classical mythology in Renaissance art / Malcolm Bull.
Publication details: London : Allen Lane, 2005.Description: 464 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780713992007
- 071399200X
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | CGLAS Library | Yellow | 709.024 BUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 02228 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Map -- Prologue -- 1. Sources -- 2. Objects -- 3. Hercules -- 4. Jupiter -- 5. Venus -- 6. Bacchus -- 7. Diana -- 8. Apollo -- 9. The mirror -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Principal illustrated translations of Ovid -- List of illustrations -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
This text takes the story from the Renaissance to the Baroque. Each chapter focuses on a particular god and recounts the tales of that deity, not as they appear in classical literature but as they were re-created by artists like Botticelli, Titian, Poussin and Rembrandt.