Flying Too Close to the Sun - James Cahill Gebunden

The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2 500 years From the films of Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers to Margaret Atwood's books and Arcade Fire's songs Classical Greek and Roman myths continue to be a source of cultural inspiration. The struggles of heroes both triumphant and tragic with gods monsters and fate exert a particular grip on our imagination. Visual artists have long expressed and reworked these foundational stories. This is the first book to unite myth-inspired artworks by ancient modern and contemporary artists from Botticelli and Caravaggio to Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.