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Item Number: 118505
Title: The Tale of Cupid and Psyche : Myth in art from antiquity to Canova
Author: Bernardini, Maria Grazia (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788882657215
Description: Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2012. 27cm., pbk., 325pp., prof. illus., 76 plates, most in color (Perino del Vaga, Poliforo, Canova, Raphael, Giulio Romano et al. Exhibition held at Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma. English text. Contents: Marina Mattei, The Roots of the Myth. The Personification of Eros and Psyche; Francesca Longo, The Physical and Psychic Components of the Human Being in the Cultural Tradition of Ancient Egypt; Marina Mattei, The Sufferings of the Soul, the Divine Couple, the Embrace and the Kiss. The Iconography of Cupid and Psyche; Marina Mattei, Literary and Figurative Themes. Cupid and Psyche in Apuleius fabula, crucible of all the fairy-tales in the world; Marco Bussagli, Anatomy of the Soul; Maria Grazia Bernardini, The Tale of Cupid and Psyche; Livia Montagnoli, The Master of the Die Series: Thirty-two Prints Illustrating the Tale of Cupid and Psyche; Maria Grazia Bernardini, The Frieze by Perin del Vaga in Castel SantAngelo and the Tale of Psyche in the Art of the Renaissance; Sonia Cavicchioli, Romantic Mythical Revival in the Neoclassical Age; Mario Guderzo, An artistic enjoyment of great beauty. Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Canova; Miriam Mirolla, The Map of Cupid and Psyche in Rome. Instructions for Use; Catalogue: Section 1 - The Roots of the Myth, the Personification of Cupid and Psyche, the Sufferings of the Soul, the Divine Couple and Apuleius Fabula.; Section 2 - The Tale of Eros and Psyche in the Art of the Renaissance; Section 3 - The Scene of the Lamp: the Irresistible Fascination of Mysterious Love; Section 4 - The Romantic Mythical Revival in the Neoclassical Age; Bibliography.
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