揭露经典神话在过去的2500年中为艺术带来启发的方式的**部重要著作。

从伍迪•艾伦和科恩兄弟的电影到玛格丽特•阿特伍德的书和Arcade Fire乐队的哥，经典的希腊和罗马神话一直都是文化灵感的来源。英雄们与上帝、野兽和命运的抗争——有胜利也有悲剧——对我们的想象力施加了特别的控制。视觉艺术家们很早以前就表达和重写了这些基础性的故事。这是**本汇集由古代、现代和当代的艺术家们——从桑德罗•波提切利、米开朗基罗•梅里西•达•卡拉瓦乔到杰夫•昆斯和达米恩•赫斯特——创作的受神话启发的艺术作品的专著。

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.