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Pandora's box; the changing aspects of a mythical symbol, by Dora and Erwin Panofsky

Catalog Data

Author:
Panofsky, Dora  Search this
Joint author:
Panofsky, Erwin 1892-1968  Search this
Subject:
Pandora (Greek mythological character)  Search this
Panofsky, Erwin 1892-1968  Search this
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.
Topic:
Pandore dans l'art  Search this
Mythologie ancienne  Search this
Die Büchse der Pandora  Search this
Ikonographie  Search this
Visual arts--Special subjects--Myths  Search this
Call number:
N7760.P19 1956
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_358339