Flying too close to the sun : myths in art from classical to contemporary / commissioned and edited by Diane Fortenberry and Rebecca Morrill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fortenberry, Diane, editor.

Morrill, Rebecca, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Classical, in art.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2018.

Summary:

The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 years. From the films of Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers to Margaret Atwood's books and Arcade Fire's songs, Classical Greek and Roman myths continue to be a source of cultural inspiration. The struggles of heroes, both triumphant and tragic, with gods, monsters, and fate, exert a particular grip on our imagination. Visual artists have long expressed and reworked these foundational stories. This is the first book to unite myth-inspired artworks by ancient, modern, and contemporary artists, from Botticelli and Caravaggio to Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.

Contents:

Foreword

This thing of darkness: on the shifting role of myth in art

Creation myths: the origins of gods and men

The monster in the maze: Theseus and the Minotaur

Divine wanderers: roaming the earth and the underworld

Flying too close to the sun: Daedalus and Icarus

Amorous gods: five tales of divine love and lust

Altered states: three tales of transformation

Narcissus: a one-sided love story

Crime and punishment: four tales of human hubris

Herakles: loves and labours

Jason and the Argonauts: the dangers of a woman scorned

The Trojan War: from the judgment of Paris to the return of Odysseus

Oedipus and the Sphinx: no escaping fate.

Notes:

Includes index.

Author statement from colophon.

ISBN:

9780714875231

0714875236

OCLC:

1007044210