Main entry:

Seznec, Jean, author.

Title & Author:

The survival of the pagan gods : the mythological tradition and its place in Renaissance humanism and art / by Jean Seznec, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford ; translated from the French by Barbara F. Sessions.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Pantheon Books, [1953]
©1953

Description:

xvi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Series:

Bollingen series ; 38

Notes:
"Originally published, in French, as La survivance des dieux antiques ... The present edition has been revised by the author"--Back of title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-345) and index.
The historical tradition -- The physical tradition -- The moral tradition -- The encyclopedic tradition -- The metamorphoses of the gods -- The reintegration of the gods -- The science of mythology in the sixteenth century -- Theories regarding the use of mythology -- The influence of the manuals.
"The present edition has been revised by the author."

ISBN:

0691017832
9780691017839

Subject:

Humanism.
Humanists.
Art, Renaissance.
Mythology, Classical.
Gods in art.
Humanisme.
Humanistes.
Art de la Renaissance.
Mythologie ancienne.
Dieux dans l'art.
humanism.
humanists (people)
Gott
Gottesdarstellung
Humanismus
Ikonographie
Kunst
Mythologie
Renaissance
Rezeption
Mythology, Classical, in art.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Mythology, Classical Influence.
Art and mythology.
Art et mythologie Renaissance.

Added entries:

Bollingen series ; 38.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84753
Call No.: ID:86-B16555
Status: Available