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The gods made flesh : metamorphosis and the pursuit of paganism / Leonard Barkan.
Van Pelt Library NX650.M48 B37 1986
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) NX650.M48 B37 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barkan, Leonard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metamorphosis in art.
- Arts, European.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- Pagan myths of metamorphosis were an essential point of origin for artistic inspiration from antiquity through the Renaissance. As the beliefs implicit in metamorphosis come to be identified with paganism, the heritage of these myths becomes the heritage of antiquity itself.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0300035616
- OCLC:
- 185066199
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