Greek Myth and Western Art

Greek myth has played an unparalleled role in the formation of Western visual traditions, for which it has provided a nearly inexhaustible source of forms, symbols, and narratives. This richly illustrated book examines the legacy of Greek mythology in Western art from the classical era to the present. It reveals the range and variety with which individual Greek myths, motifs, and characters have been treated throughout the history of the visual arts in the West. Tracing the emergence, survival, and transformation of key mythological figures and motifs from ancient Greece through the modern era, it explores the enduring importance of such myths for artists and viewers in their own time and over the millennia that followed.

Author: Karl Kilinski II
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/12/2012
Pages: 337
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781107013322

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2013

About the Author
Kilinski II, Karl: - Karl Kilinski II was the University Distinguished Teaching Professor of Art History at the Southern Methodist University. He received grants from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation. He was the author of Boetian Black Figure Vase Painting of the Archaic Period (1990) and The Flight of Icarus through Western Art (2002) and served as a guest curator for several exhibitions at the Kimbell Art Museum and SMU's Meadows Museum.