The Survival of the Pagan Gods
The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art
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The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity - or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life. After a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, Jean Seznec traces the fate of the gods from Botticelli and Raphael to their function and appearance in Ronsard's verses and Ben Jonson's masques.
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The Survival of the Pagan Gods, Jean Seznec
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- Pubblicato
- 1995
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- Sottotitolo
- The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jean Seznec
- Editore
- Princeton University Press
- Pubblicato
- 1995
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0691029881
- ISBN13
- 9780691029887
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 4,1 su 5
- Descrizione
- The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity - or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life. After a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, Jean Seznec traces the fate of the gods from Botticelli and Raphael to their function and appearance in Ronsard's verses and Ben Jonson's masques.