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Godwin, Joscelyn

 
9781578633470: The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance
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ISBN 10: 1578633478 ISBN 13: 9781578633470
Editorial: WEISER BOOKS, 2005

Sinopsis

The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance recounts the almost untold story of how the rediscovery of the pagan, mythological imagination during the Renaissance brought a profound transformation to European culture. This highly illustrated book, available for the first time in paperback, shows that the pagan imagination existed sidebyside often uneasily with the official symbols, doctrines, and art of the Church. Godwin carefully documents how pagan themes and gods enhanced both public and private life. Palaces and villas were decorated with mythological images/ stories, music, and dramatic pageants were written about pagan themes/ and landscapes were designed to transform the soul. This was a time of great social and cultural change, when the pagan idea represented nostalgia for a classical world untroubled by the idea of sin and in no need of redemption.

A stunning book with hundreds of photos that bring alive this period with all its rich conflict between Christianity and classicism.

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Acerca del autor

Joscelyn Godwin is a composer, musicologist and translator, known for his work on ancient music, paganism and music in the occult. He is the author of the first complete English language translation (1999) of one of the first illustrated printed texts, the incunabulum Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499). He teaches at Colgate University.

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Editorial
WEISER BOOKS
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1578633478
ISBN 13 
9781578633470
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
304
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