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Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods
Lucia Impellusi
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Description for Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods
Hardcover. Beginning with stories of Earth's creation and its early rulers, the Titans, this book recounts the major episodes and figures of Greek and Roman mythology. It contains sections on the gods of the sky, the sea, the earth and the underworld; the Fates and the Muses; monsters; human heroes; and the "Iliad", the "Odyssey" and the "Aeneid". Num Pages: 780 pages, 370 colour images. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; AGR; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 129 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1004.
From the same series as Abrams' successful "Saints and Angels" comes "Myths", richly illustrated with representations of these celestial heralds from ancient murals and pottery to the paintings of Gustav Klimt and Odilon Redon. Architect Lucia Impelluso has drawn from a variety of sources, including the plays of Euripiedes and Aeschylus, the epics of Homer and Virgil, Aesop's fables, Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Petrarch's sonnets and the works of Pindar, Sophocles, Plutarch, Pliny the Elder and Bocaccio. Beginning with stories of Earth's creation and its early rulers, the Titans, Impelluso recounts the major episodes and figures of Greek and Roman mythology, with ... Read more
From the same series as Abrams' successful "Saints and Angels" comes "Myths", richly illustrated with representations of these celestial heralds from ancient murals and pottery to the paintings of Gustav Klimt and Odilon Redon. Architect Lucia Impelluso has drawn from a variety of sources, including the plays of Euripiedes and Aeschylus, the epics of Homer and Virgil, Aesop's fables, Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Petrarch's sonnets and the works of Pindar, Sophocles, Plutarch, Pliny the Elder and Bocaccio. Beginning with stories of Earth's creation and its early rulers, the Titans, Impelluso recounts the major episodes and figures of Greek and Roman mythology, with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Abrams
Number of pages
780
Condition
New
Number of Pages
780
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780810971448
SKU
V9780810971448
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Lucia Impellusi
Lucia Impelluso is an architect and art historian whose previous books include Gods and Heroes in Art, Nature and Its Symbols and Gardens in Art.
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