Re-Inventing Ovid's Metamorphoses: Pictorial and Literary Transformations in Various Media, 1400-1800

by Karl A.E. Enenkel

This volume explores early modern recreations of myths from Ovid's immensely popular Metamorphoses, focusing on the creative ingenium of artists and writers and on the peculiarities of the various media that were applied. The contributors try to tease out what (pictorial) devices, perspectives, and interpretative markers were used that do not occur in the original text of the Metamorphoses, what aspects were brought to the fore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900442489X
• ISBN13: 9789004424890
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"