OVID AND THE METAMORPHOSES OF MODERN ART FROM BOTTICELLI TO PICASSO

Paul Barolsky, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art and literature, explores Ovids unparalleled influence on the visual arts, di scussing works by many of the most famous artists of the past six centuries. Written in the spirit of Ovid (43 B.CA.D. 17/18), this lively and erudite book traces the art derived from Ovids Metamorphoses fro m the Renaissance up to the present day. The Metamorphoses has been more widely illustrated than any other book except the Bible/ fo r centuries, great artists have drawn, painted, and sculpted its st...[Read more]