Images of myths in classical antiquity. Woodford S.

The book of Susan Woodford is a brief introduction to the holy of holies of ancient art, into the world of interpretations and searches for perfect form.

The ancient masters lived in the era of myths and themselves were their creators, experimenting with different techniques and materials, arguing with the ideas and plots of authoritative mythological cycles (about the Trojan War, Hercules, Argonauts, Heroes of Thebes, etc.). With great attention to details and context, the author shows why works of art became not only items of trade and luxury, but also a way of interpreting historical events, political declarations, as well as sophisticated rebels and riddles. Choosing the keys to the images of ancient artists, readers will learn how the world of chaos, war and violence was rethought, how the images of monsters and killers were humanized, how touching family portraits of self-sovereign centaurs, etc. the images undertaken by the author will help to understand them, but will not disperse their secret, but, on the contrary, will remind you of the need to think and overcome the mechanical, template perception of famous plots.