Myths and Legends

Mari Griffith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2005
National Gallery Company Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85709-391-9 (ISBN)

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Myths and legends, with their fantastical settings and parade of exotic creatures and beautiful immortals, have inspired some of the most popular works in the National Gallery Collection. The latest addition to the best-selling Pocket Guides series leads the modern viewer through this important aspect of Western art. This lively and enjoyable guide explores how artists have drawn on mythology since the dawn of the Renaissance. Through a selection of key classical figures, Mari Griffith explains how artists used mythology for inspiration--in decorative panels for furniture, schemes for palaces, allegories, and non-narrative paintings of single figures. Among the masterpieces discussed are Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne, and Rubens's Judgement of Paris.

Mari Griffith has worked in the education departments at the National Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.11.2005
Reihe/Serie	National Gallery Pocket Guides
Zusatzinfo	75 colour illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 219 mm
Gewicht	154 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-85709-391-7 / 1857093917
ISBN-13	978-1-85709-391-9 / 9781857093919
Zustand	Neuware