- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (15 entries) : 82 images, digital files.
- Summary
- Myths and legends, with their fantastical settings and parade of exotic creatures and beautiful immortals, have inspired some of the most popular works in the National Gallery Collection. The latest addition to the best-selling Pocket Guides series leads the modern viewer through this important aspect of Western art.
- Series Statement
- Pocket guides
- Uniform Title
- Myths & legends (Online)
- Pocket guides (National Gallery (Great Britain))
- Alternative Title
- Myths & legends (Online)
- Myths and legends.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in print version.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on title page of print version.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Introduction -- Myths and legends -- Survival of the gods -- Myths and morals -- The lost classical spirit -- The uses of myths -- Private pleasures -- Political agendas -- Public image -- Sources for myths -- Mythological characters -- Gods and goddesses -- Nymphs and maidens -- Heroes, demi-gods and princes -- Hybrids and monsters -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Further reading.
- OCLC
- ssj0000652144
- Author
Griffith, Mari.
- Title
Myths & legends [electronic resource] / Mari Griffith.
- Imprint
London, England : National Gallery, 2005 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2011.)
- Series
Pocket guides
Pocket guides (National Gallery (Great Britain))
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Additional Formats
Also available in print version.
- System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Note
Description based on title page of print version.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
National Gallery (Great Britain)
Credo Reference (Firm)
- Other Form:
Print version: 1857093917 9781857093919 80 p. : col. ill.