| The Survival of the Pagan Gods: The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art Revised Edition Contributor(s): Seznec, Jean (Author), Sessions, Barbara F. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0691029881 ISBN-13: 9780691029887 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $50.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1953 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Renaissance - Social Science |
| Dewey: 292.13 |
| LCCN: 95136585 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.48" W x 9.44" (1.25 lbs) 392 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 first a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and then a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life. |