Pandora (Greek mythological character) (OCoLC)fst01052026 Search this
Pandore (mythologie grecque) Dans l'art Search this
Pandore (mythologie grecque) Dans la littérature Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 158 p. illus. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Art
Date:
1956
[1956]
Contents:
Pandora in the Medieval tradition -- The origin of the "box": Erasmus of Rotterdam -- Pandora and hope: Andrea Alciati -- Pandora and ignorance: Rosso Fiorentino -- Roma Prima Pandora; Eva Prima Pandora; Lutetia Nova Pandora -- Pandora, "gift of all": Elizabethans and Jacques Callot -- Pithoigia [in Greek characters]: Hesiod vs. Babrius et al. -- Romanticism, Classicist and Victorian -- Pandora on the stage: Calderón, Voltaire, Goethe, and Late-Antique allegory
Summary:
Study of the myth of Pandora, its representation in art, and its mythological and religious significance.