Samothracian Reflections: Aspects of the Revival of the Antique

Lehmann, Karl; Lehmann, Phyllis Williams

ISBN 10: 069109909X / ISBN 13: 9780691099095

Published by Princeton University Press, 1973

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First edition. Bollingen Series XCII. Very good in very good dust jacket. Exceptional insights into teh monumental and literary sources of Mantegna's influential painting, Parnassus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Samothracian Reflections: Aspects of the Revival of the Antique
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 069109909X
• ISBN 13: 9780691099095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

These three essays were inspired by the Samothracian discoveries. Cyriacus of Ancona's visit to the island and his assessment of what he saw are the subject of the opening essay. This is followed by the first detailed and comprehensive analysis of Mantegna’s Parnassus, a painting which Mrs. Lehmann suggests reflects in its theme and imagery the use of a limited number of ancient sculptures and texts. The final essay is a discussion of the postclassical transformation of the iconographic type of the ancient ship-fountain.

Originally published in 1973.

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