Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Reprint of Second enlarged edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiiv, 346pp. + lxiv b&w plate insert. Deep purple cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustration, list of sources, index. From the dust jacket: A new and enlarged edition of this "exploration of the revival of pagan mysteries in the Neoplatonic philosophy and art of the fifteenth and sixteenth century. An extraordinary revelation of the hidden imagery in Renaissance art, by such master as Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Corregion." Chapter titles: The Language of The Mysteries. I: Poetic Theology. Ii: Seneca's Graces. III: The Medal of Pico Della Mirandola. IV: Orpheus In Praise of Divine Love. V: Virtue Reconciled With Pleasure. VI: "Ripeness Is All." VII: Botticelli's Primavera. VIII: The Birth of Venus. IX: Sacred And Profane Love. X: Amor As A God of Death. XI: The Flaying Of Marsyas. XII: A Bacchic Mystery By Michaelangelo. XIII: Pan And Proteus. XIV: The Concealed God. The faintest of shelf wear, light bruising and chafing to spine ends, page edges a little darkened and dusty - else a tight clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket price-clipped, lightly chafed at all edges and extremities, rear panel darkened and a bit discoloured. Now protected in removable mylar cover.). Item #65549
ISBN: 0571046347
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