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Hardcover Part XI, 2: Mythological Subjects: Hercules to Olympus Book

ISBN: 1912554860

ISBN13: 9781912554867

Part XI, 2: Mythological Subjects: Hercules to Olympus

One remarkable feature of European culture as it developed in the Renaissance was the accommodation it made with ancient paganism. The classical gods and their legends were allegorised, transformed into symbolic figures or emblematic scenes that might accord with Christian morality. At the same time a secular space was created in art for the depiction of the most popular myths, above all the love stories recounted by the ancient poets. These stories...

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