Images of Myths in Classical Antiquity
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Susan Woodford's book is a brief introduction to the holy of holies of ancient art, the world of interpretation and the search for the perfect form. Ancient masters lived in the age of myths and were their own creators, experimenting with different techniques and materials, arguing with the ideas and plots of authoritative mythological cycles (the Trojan War, Hercules, the Argonauts, the heroes of Thebes, etc.). With great attention to detail and context, the author shows why works of art became not only objects of commerce and luxury, but also a way of interpreting historical events, political declarations, and sophisticated rebuses and riddles. Picking up the clues to the images of ancient artists, readers will learn how the world of chaos, war and violence was reinterpreted, how images of monsters and murderers were humanized, how touching family portraits of willful centaur monsters emerged, etc. The author's meticulous analysis of specific images will help us to understand them, but will not dispel their mystery, but, on the contrary, will remind us of the need to think and overcome the mechanical, formulaic perception of too well-known stories.
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