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"In The Mirror of the Gods, Malcolm Bull tells the story of how the great artists of Western Europe - from Botticelli and Leonardo to Titian and Rubens - revived the gods of ancient Greece and Rome. Each chapter focuses on a different deity and sheds light on such familiar figures as Venus, Hercules, and Bacchus. Bull draws on hundreds of illustrations to illuminate the ancient myths as Renaissance and Baroque artists reinterpreted them. When the...
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"In this volume, Rebekah Compton offers the first survey of Venus in the art, culture, and governance of Florence from 1300 to 1600. Organized chronologically, each of the six chapters investigates one of the goddess's alluring attributes - her golden splendor, rosy-hued complexion, enchanting fashions, green gardens, erotic anatomy, and gifts from the sea. By examining these attributes in the context of the visual arts, Compton uncovers an array...
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