TY  - BOOK
AB  - "Greek myth has played an unparalleled role in the formation of Western visual traditions, for which it has provided a nearly inexhaustible source of forms, symbols, and narratives. This richly illustrated book examines the legacy of Greek mythology in Western art from the classical era to the present. It reveals the range and variety with which individual Greek myths, motifs, and characters have been treated throughout the history of the visual arts in the West. Tracing the emergence, survival, and transformation of key mythological figures and motifs from ancient Greece through the modern era, it explores the enduring importance of such myths for artists and viewers in their own time and over the millennia that followed"--
AU  - Kilinski, Karl.
CN  - N7760
CN  - N7760
ID  - 578324
KW  - Art and mythology.
KW  - Mythology, Greek, in art.
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012004193-t.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012004193-b.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012004193-d.html
N2  - "Greek myth has played an unparalleled role in the formation of Western visual traditions, for which it has provided a nearly inexhaustible source of forms, symbols, and narratives. This richly illustrated book examines the legacy of Greek mythology in Western art from the classical era to the present. It reveals the range and variety with which individual Greek myths, motifs, and characters have been treated throughout the history of the visual arts in the West. Tracing the emergence, survival, and transformation of key mythological figures and motifs from ancient Greece through the modern era, it explores the enduring importance of such myths for artists and viewers in their own time and over the millennia that followed"--
SN  - 9781107013322
SN  - 1107013321
T1  - Greek myth and Western art :the presence of the past /
TI  - Greek myth and Western art :the presence of the past /
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012004193-t.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012004193-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012004193-d.html
ER  -