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Mifologicheskie i Religioznye Motivy v Evropeiskoi Zhivopisi
1270-1700: O Tom, Chto Znali Sami Khudozhniki
[ Mifologicheskie i Religioznye Motivy v Evropeiskoi Zhivopisi : 1270-1700: O Tom, Chto Znali Sami Khudozhniki]
Myth and religion in European painting: 1270-1700: The Stories as the artists knew them Transl. from English by R.Iu. Petrov and V.C. Simonov
St. Petersburg: Akademicheskii Peterburg, 2000 302 p. [24 ill.] Hardcover. 12.5 x 20 cm ISBN: 5733101741 Language: Russian
This book is about mythological and religious motifs and plots in European painting from 1270 to 1700. It is arranged as a dictionary and includes the 850 most common plots, characters, stories, events from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, lives of Saints, the Old Testament, the Gospels, and apocryphal works. The stories are presented as the artists knew them. Comments and bibliographical references. 24 illustrations with their description.