The pagan dream of the Renaissance / Joscelyn Godwin.

Main entry:

Godwin, Joscelyn.

Title & Author:

The pagan dream of the Renaissance / Joscelyn Godwin.

Publication:

Description:

vi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
"An Alexandria book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.
Seduction by the gods -- The strife of love in a dream -- Re-ordering the world -- The enchantment of public spaces -- Private microcosms -- Marvels of art and nature -- Grotesqueries -- Garden magic -- Joyous festivals -- The birth of opera -- Versailles and after.

Summary:

Describes the revival of interest in the pagan, mythological imagination during the Renaissance, the influence on the arts of imagery based on classical mythology, and the troubled co-existence of this pagan culture with official Christianity.

ISBN:

1890482846 (alk. paper)
9781890482848 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Mythology, Classical.
Renaissance.
Mythologie ancienne.
Antike
Heidentum
Mythos
Rezeption

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228779
Call No.: BL727 .G63 2002
Status: Available

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