Gods and Heroes in Art
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- Create Date：2021-05-28 11:54:59
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Lucia Impelluso
- ISBN：0892367024
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Summary
Gods and Heroes in Art aims to help museum patrons and art lovers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art。 The characters are each described in entries summarizing their distinctive stories， their special attributes， and the ways in which artists have depicted them。 Each entry is richly illustrated with reproductions of works of art in which the god or hero is pictured， giving readers a chance to examine images of the character and to understand the work of art better。
Reviews
Oindrila Ghosh
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More like a dictionary of all the gods and heroes of Art。 Would be a nice book to carry when you are actually analyzing an artwork or are visiting some of the historical cities and museums and want to know exactly what the significance of every detail in the piece means。 It was hard for me to remember all the characters by the end I reached the end of the book。 That was probably because I am not a student of history or art history and do not know the exact chronology of the characters， who came More like a dictionary of all the gods and heroes of Art。 Would be a nice book to carry when you are actually analyzing an artwork or are visiting some of the historical cities and museums and want to know exactly what the significance of every detail in the piece means。 It was hard for me to remember all the characters by the end I reached the end of the book。 That was probably because I am not a student of history or art history and do not know the exact chronology of the characters， who came after who。 But it was an interesting process of getting acquainted with the little stories associated with all the mythological characters。 。。。more
Christine
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You're really looking at a book like this more for the art than anything else。 It presents the Gods and Heroes （of Anicent Greece and Rome only） with brief bios and heavy artwork。 Each god gets at least a page， if not more （though sometimes the choice of which gets more is strange， as are the divisions）。 Rather nice with lavish illustrations。 You're really looking at a book like this more for the art than anything else。 It presents the Gods and Heroes （of Anicent Greece and Rome only） with brief bios and heavy artwork。 Each god gets at least a page， if not more （though sometimes the choice of which gets more is strange， as are the divisions）。 Rather nice with lavish illustrations。 。。。more
Veronica
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Through childhood， the teenage years， and as a young adult， I devoured the Greek stories。 I also am an artist。 This book was a treasure for someone like me。 I sometimes played a game where I would try to determine the story being portrayed without looking at the writing， by noting the dress of the illustrated characters and the symbols surrounding them。 I borrowed this from my local library and I may have to purchase my own copy！
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