Overview

This unique collection recaptures the glory of the Olympian gods and the exploits of divine and mortal heroes. Based on classical Greco-Roman art, its sources range from book illustrations to line drawings and paintings. These timeless images will add elegance, grace, and dignity to any graphics project.

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Author:   Dover Dover ,  Dover Pictura ,  Dover Pictura
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780486990286

ISBN 10:   0486990281
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   27 February 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

001 - Medusa; Caravaggio; 1598 003 - Poseidon 004 - Orpheus 005 - The Three Graces; Jean-Baptiste Regnault; 1793 007 - The Retum of Persephone; Lord Frederic Leighton; 1891 008 - Mercury and Pandora 009 - Mercury; Giambattista Tiepolo; 18th century 010 - Mercury, Epimetheus and Pandora 012 - Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida; James Barry; 1741-1806 013 - Prometheus Carrying Fire; Jan Crossiers; 17th century 015 - The Torture of Prometheus; Jean-Louis Cesar Lair; 1781-1828 016 - The Torture of Prometheus; Gustave Moreau; 1826-1898 018 - Nestor's Sacrifice 019 - Atlas and Prometheus 021 - Eos and Memnon 022 - Apollo and Daphne; Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; c. 1743-44 023 - Apollo and Daphne; Antonio Dei Pollaiuolo; c.1432-1498 024 - Astrea and Aurora 025 - Diana and Endymion; Nicolas Poussin; 1630 026 - An Allegory with Venus and Cupid; Bronzino; 1540-50 027 - Cupid and Psyche; Francois Gerard; 1798 029 - Jason; Gustave Moreau; 1865 031 - Proserpine; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; 1880 032 - Morning 033 -Athena 034 - Minerva 035 - The Pleiades (Seven Sisters) 036 - The Prophetic Head and Lyre of Orpheus; Gustave Moreau; 1865 037 - Dancing Seasons 038 - Dancing Seasons 039 - Minerva and the Hours 040 - Nereid 042 - The Triumph of Galatea; Raphael; 1483-1520 043 - Circe and Odysseus 044 - Athene and Penelope 046 - Odysseus and Daughter of Alcinous 047 - Helen 048 - Peneiope 049 - Nursing Centaur 052 - Heracles 053 - Hercules and the Hydra; Antonio Pollaiuolo; 15th century 054 - Heracles 055 - Heracles slaying the Nemean Lion 056 - Heracles 057 - Hercules 058 - Heracles 059 - Heracies and Uchas 060 - Heracles and Hydra 062 - Heracles 063 - The Abduction of Dejanira by the Centaur Nessus; Guido Reni; 1575-1642 064 - The Education of Achilles; Pompeo Batoni; 1770 066 - The Centaur Chiron Teaches the Young Achilles Archery; Giuseppe Maria Crespi;1665-1747 068 - Zeus and Europa; Gustave Moreau; 1868 069 - Perseus 070 - Perseus Tuming Phineas and His Followers to Stone; Luca Giordano; 1634-1705 072 - The Baleful Head; Sir Edward Burne-Jones; 1887 073 - Typhon and Echidna 075 - Peleus and Thetis 077 - Chiron and Jason 078 - Medeja, Jason and Orpheus 079 - Launching of the Argo 080 - Danae and Dietys 081 - Theseus and Periphetes 082 - Perseus and Andromeda 083 - Talus and Medeia 084 - Perseus and the Gorgons 085 - Perseus, Medusa and Polydectes 086 - Giants versus the Titans 087 - Olympians versus the Titans 088 - Achilles Contemplating the Body of Patroclus; G.A. Pellegrini; 18th century 089 - Embassy of Achilles 090 - Embassy of Achilles 091 - The Procession of the Trojan Horse Into Troy; Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo; 1760 092 - Trojan Horse 093 - Apollo and Artemis 094 - Ajax; Henri Serrur; 1794-1865 096 - Ulysses and Polyphemus 098 - Capaneus 099 - Diomed and Mars 100 - The Age of Bronze 101 - Ajax 103 - Hector and Ajax 104 - Ulysses killing the Suitors 105 - Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea; Giulio Romano; 1528 106 - Escape from Polyphemus 107 - Ulysses and Polyphemus 108 - Polyphemus 109 - Diomedes Devoured by his Horses; Gustave Moreau; 1865 110 - Apollo 111 - Apollo 112 - Apollo Flaying Marsyas; Guido Reni; c.1630 115 - Pandora; John William Waterhouse; 1849-1917 116 - Minerva, Mercury and Pandora 117 - Pandora in Olympia 118 - Pandora 119 - Sleep escaping from Jupiter 120 - Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape; Dossi Oosso; 1512 121 - Daedalus and Icarus; Charles Landon; 1799 122 - Daedalus and Icarus 124 - Zeus and Ganymede 127 - Bellerophon and Pegasus 128 - Discord 129 - Penelope's Dream 130 - Eos 131 - Sleep, Death and Sarpedon 132 - Venus and Iris 133 - The Rape of Proserpine; Christoph Schwartz; c.1573 134 - Heracles and Cerberus 135 - The Rape of Proserpine 136 - Ulysses 137 - Oedipus and the Sphinx 139 - Oedipus and the Sphinx 140 - Oedipus and the, Sphinx; Jean Auguste Ingres; 1808 141 - Diana and Actaeon; Cavalier d'Arpino; late 16th-mid 17th century 142 - Diana the Huntress; School of Fontainbleau; c.153Q-1560 144 - Neptune and Ulysses' Ship; Tibaldi Pellegrino; 16th century 145 - Neptune and Minerva; Garofalo; c.1481-1559 146 - Poseidon 148 - The Birth of Venus; Eugene Amaury-Duval; 19th centu'ry 150 - The Three Graces; Raphael; 1501 151 - Theseus and Medeia 152 - Jason and the Argonauts 154 - Sea-Nymphs, Tritons, Galatea and Perseus 155 - Medeia, Jason and Orpheus 156 - Jason and Cheiron 158 - Danae 159 - Theseus and the Minotaur 161 - Theseus and the Minotaur 162 - Achilles and Troilos 165 - Scylla 166 - Jason Charming the Dragon; Salvator Rosa; 1615-1673 167 - Bacchus arid Satyr 168 - Satyr 169 - The Infant Bacchus 170 - The Triumph of Bacchus; Cornelis de Vos; 1585-1651 172 - The Triumph of Pan; Nicolas Poussin; 1594-1665 174 - Bacchante; Joseph Bernard 175 - Satyr 176 - Silenus 177 - Satyr and Bacchante 179 - Bacchus 180 - The Young Bacchus; Caravaggio; 1571-1610 181 - Satyr 183 - Satyr 184 - Dionysus and Satyrs 185 - Dionysus, Red-Figure Vase, 400 BC. 186 - Leucothea 187 - Silen Swinging Maiden 188 - Bacchus and Ariadne; Titian; c. 1506 189 - Landscape with Pan and Syrinx; Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder 190 - Zeus and Antiope 191 - Council of the Gods 192 - The Birth of Jupiter 193 - Danae and the Golden Rain; TItian; 1554 195 - The Rape of Ganymede; Correggio; c.1494 197 - Lada and the Swan; 15th century 199 - Jupiter 200 - Zeus 202 - Zeus and Thetis; Jean Auguste Ingres; 1811

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