Author: Lucia Impelluso
Publisher: Abrams
Publication Date: 2008 (2007)
Pages: 780
Format: Hardback
Genre: Mythology
Source: Bought Copy
From the same series as Abrams’ successful Saints and Angels comes Myths, richly illustrated with representations of these celestial heralds from ancient murals and pottery to the paintings of Gustav Klimt and Odilon Redon. Author Lucia Impelluso has drawn from a variety of sources, including the plays of Euripides and Aeschylus, the epics of Homer and Virgil, Aesop’s fables, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Petrarch’s sonnets, and the works of Pindar, Sophocles, Plutarch, Pliny the Elder, and Bocaccio. (Goodreads Synopsis)
There are many excellent books out there on the Greek and Roman myths, but I'm glad I came across this one. Full of gorgeous illustrations from across the centuries it is the perfect addition to the library of anyone who loves both mythology and fine art.
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