Greek myth and Western art
Subtitle: the presence of the past
By: Karl Kilinski II
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781107013322
Subjects: ART / History / Ancient & Classical; Art and mythology; Mythology, Greek, in art
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The nature and origins of Greek myth; 2. Survival and revival: the motives for and means of myth transmission; 3. Form and fashion of myth in art: image and imagination; 4. Iconography and iconology: the metamorphosis of Greek myth.