How to read Bible stories and myths in art : decoding the old masters, from Giotto to Goya / Patrick de Rynck.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2008.Description: 359 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780810984004
  • 0810984008
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ND 1422 .E85 R96 2009
Contents:
Abraham -- Achilles -- Adam and Eve -- Anna and Joachim -- Antiope -- Apollo -- Arachne -- Babel -- Bacchus and Ariadne -- Balaam -- Belshazzar -- cambyses -- Cephalus and Procris -- Ceres -- Jesus Christ -- Cimon and Pero -- Constantine -- Danae -- Daniel -- David -- Diana -- Dido -- Erichthonius -- Esther -- Europa -- Ganymede -- Gyge and Candaules -- Hannibal -- Hercules -- Hermaphroditus -- Horatii -- Icarus -- Io -- Jacob -- Jeremiah -- Job -- John the Baptist -- Joseph, son of Jacob -- Judith -- Julius Civilis -- Leda -- Lot -- Lucretia -- Mary, the Holy Virgin -- Mercury -- Midas -- Moses -- Mucius Scaevola -- Narcissus -- Noah -- Orpheus -- Pan and Syrinx -- Paris (by Cranach the Elder) -- Paul -- Penelope -- Perseus and Andromeda -- Peter -- Phaeton -- Philemon and Baucis -- Priapus -- Prometheus -- Psyche -- Rebecca -- Sabines -- Solomon -- Samson -- Saturn -- Selene and Endymion -- Seneca -- Susanna -- Tobias -- Troy -- Venus -- Vertumnus and Pomona.
Review: "In How to Read Bible Stories and Myths in Art: Decoding the Old Masters from Giotto to Goya, Patrick De Rynck examines over two hundred of these works. The result is a book that explores the roots of Western civilization from three different angles: It introduces or re-introduces the reader to the best-known stories from the Bible and mythology; it presents a selection of exquisite masterpieces by some of the world's greatest painters; and it shows the reader how these painters interpreted these famous scenes."--Jacket.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection ND 1422 .E85 R96 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98650657

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-348) and indexes.

Abraham -- Achilles -- Adam and Eve -- Anna and Joachim -- Antiope -- Apollo -- Arachne -- Babel -- Bacchus and Ariadne -- Balaam -- Belshazzar -- cambyses -- Cephalus and Procris -- Ceres -- Jesus Christ -- Cimon and Pero -- Constantine -- Danae -- Daniel -- David -- Diana -- Dido -- Erichthonius -- Esther -- Europa -- Ganymede -- Gyge and Candaules -- Hannibal -- Hercules -- Hermaphroditus -- Horatii -- Icarus -- Io -- Jacob -- Jeremiah -- Job -- John the Baptist -- Joseph, son of Jacob -- Judith -- Julius Civilis -- Leda -- Lot -- Lucretia -- Mary, the Holy Virgin -- Mercury -- Midas -- Moses -- Mucius Scaevola -- Narcissus -- Noah -- Orpheus -- Pan and Syrinx -- Paris (by Cranach the Elder) -- Paul -- Penelope -- Perseus and Andromeda -- Peter -- Phaeton -- Philemon and Baucis -- Priapus -- Prometheus -- Psyche -- Rebecca -- Sabines -- Solomon -- Samson -- Saturn -- Selene and Endymion -- Seneca -- Susanna -- Tobias -- Troy -- Venus -- Vertumnus and Pomona.

"In How to Read Bible Stories and Myths in Art: Decoding the Old Masters from Giotto to Goya, Patrick De Rynck examines over two hundred of these works. The result is a book that explores the roots of Western civilization from three different angles: It introduces or re-introduces the reader to the best-known stories from the Bible and mythology; it presents a selection of exquisite masterpieces by some of the world's greatest painters; and it shows the reader how these painters interpreted these famous scenes."--Jacket.

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