The Mirror of the Gods: How Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the Pagan Gods

by Malcolm Bull

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By the end of the 15th century, the remains of the ancient gods littered the landscape of Western Europe. Christianity had erased the religions of ancient Greece and Rome and most Europeans believed the destruction of classical art was God's judgment on the pagan deities. How, then, did
European artists during the next three centuries create such monumental works as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and Raphael's Parnassus?
In The Mirror of the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195219236

ISBN13:9780195219234

Release Date:February 2005

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:496 Pages

Weight:2.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Architecture Art Arts, Music & Photography Folklore & Mythology History Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales Religious

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