LibGuides: Mythology: Art/Literature

Books: Art

All the Paintings of Raphael by Raphael
Call Number: ND623.R2 C33 v.1

Publication Date: 1963

These volumes feature a critical essay and reproductions of all his frescos. Includes The Triumph Of Galatea which depicts the sea nymph Galatea in a moment of apotheosis, or the moment when she becomes a divine being is included.
Bosch by Bosch, Hieronymus
Call Number: ND653.B65 A6 2001

ISBN: 9781553210276

Publication Date: 2001-09-01

Has Bosch's famous painting The Garden of Earthly Delights which depicts the Garden of Eden and warns against temptation.
Botticelli by Federico. Zeri
Call Number: ND623.B7 A62 2000

ISBN: 9781553210146

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Detailed, informative, & stimulating portraits of the individual artists are documented alongside beautiful glossy illustrations & detailed keys to the paintings. Has the famous The Birth of Venus.
Caravaggio by Francine Prose
Call Number: ND623.C26 P76 2005

ISBN: 9780060575601

Publication Date: 2005-10-04

Caravaggio’s insistence on painting from nature, on rendering the emotional truth of experience, whether religious or secular, made him an artist who speaks across the centuries to modern day. Includes Medusa which is painted on canvas applied to a wooden shield.
Goya by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de, 1746-1828
Call Number: ND813.G7 G6

ISBN: 9780890093573

Publication Date: 1980

An overview of Goya's paintings. Includes the painting Saturn Devouring His Son which illustrates the myth of the Roman god Saturn, who, fearing that his children would overthrow him, ate them.
Gustave Moreau by Gustave Moreau; Julius Kaplan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Staff (Contribution by); California Palace of the Legion of Honor Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: ND553.M8 K36

ISBN: 9780875870595

Publication Date: 1974-01-01

b/w illustrations of the art works. Include the Jupiter painting which depicts the moment when Jupiter, the king of the gods, appears to Semele, a mortal woman, in all his divine splendor. This causes her death by lightning.
A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art by Walters, Clara Erskine Clement
Call Number: N7760 .W3 1969 Reference

Publication Date: 1969

List of Illustrations
Symbolism in Art
Legends & Stories Illustrated in Art
Legends of Place
Ancient Myths Which Have Been Illustrated in Art
General Index
Klimt by Klimt, Gustav
Call Number: ND511.5.K55 A69 2000

ISBN: 9781553210139

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Has detailed portraits of the individual artists and glossy illustrations. Includes The Kiss which was inspired by mythology, including the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, and Apollo and Daphne. The painting also incorporates motifs from Ancient Egyptian mythology.
Rubens by Federico. Zeri
Call Number: ND673.R9 A66 1999

ISBN: 9781553210061

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Has detailed portraits of the individual artist and glossy illustrations. Has the Judgement of Paris which depicts Paris's decision to award the golden apple to Aphrodite, which led to the Trojan War.
Salvador Dali by Edmund Swinglehurst
Call Number: N7113.D3 S95 2006

ISBN: 9781597640794

Publication Date: 2009-01-01

Has many of Dali's most iconic paintings, including Memory of the Child-Woman (1931): This painting references the myth of Oedipus and the legend of William Tell.
The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Adolph S. Cavallo; Metropolitan Museum of Art Staff
Call Number: NK3049.U5 C38 1998

ISBN: 9780870998683

Publication Date: 1998-06-01

The Unicorn Tapestries is a set of tapestries depicting the hunt of the fabled unicorn." "Each of the seven exquisite tapestries is reproduced in large colorplates and with a wealth of color details. The unicorn tapestries are inspired by medieval folklore and mythology.

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Opera/Ballet/Rock Music

Richard Wagner's The Ring opera series is based on Norse mythology. The Met: Live in HD which is shown in movie theatres, and Saturday Matinee Broadcasts, which air on the radio, occasionally feature The Ring. Additionally, sometimes Opera Colorado and Central City Opera show the Ring. Additionally, other operas also have mythological themes.

Ballet: Many ballets feature mythological themes. Sleeping Beauty is has many elements associated with Greek myth.

Popular Music: Mythology has factored into popular music. Bob Dylan sometimes references Greek and Roman mythology in his songs. The Mother of Muses is about Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of memory.

The Ring of Nibelung by P. Craig Russel (Illustrator); Linda Kindzierksi (Illustrator)
Call Number: 741.5 Rus (first floor)

ISBN: 9781616554019

Publication Date: 2014-08-19

Giants plot against gods, who in turn tear human lovers apart, the lives of great warriors are ruined and countless people are slain in the name of love and gold in this comic book re-telling of the Ring Cycle.

Literature

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney (Translator)
Call Number: PE1583 .H43 2000 c.1

ISBN: 9780374111199

Publication Date: 2000-02-15

Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath.
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
Call Number: Tolkien

ISBN: 9780395489314

Publication Date: 1988-03-03

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth - home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy.
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Call Number: FAN MARTI SONG 1 (first floor)

ISBN: 9780553103540

Publication Date: 1996-08-01

In A Game of Thrones the center of the conflict lies with the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
King Arthur and the Grail Quest by John Matthews
Call Number: PN685 .M38 1994

ISBN: 9780713724370

Publication Date: 1995-06-01

Two narrative themes, that of the heroic, godlike Arthur and of the quest for the mystical Holy Grail, have enchanted readers ever since the Dark Ages. This has wealth of illustrations and specially created color plates.
The Poetic Edda by Carolyne Larrington
Call Number: PT7234.E5 L37 2014

ISBN: 9780199675340

Publication Date: 2014-09-01

The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its destruction and rebirth. In this great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry, the exploits of gods and humans are related.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Call Number: MILLE (first floor)

ISBN: 9780062060624

Publication Date: 2012-08-28

The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner.
The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles; Robert Fagles (Translator); Bernard Knox (Introduction by, Notes by)
Call Number: PA4414.A2 F3 1984

ISBN: 9780140444254

Publication Date: 1984-02-07

Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family-Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus-are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written.
Till We Have Faces : a Myth Retold by Lewis, C.S.
Call Number: Lewis

Publication Date: 1985

This twist on the story of Cupid and Psyche, is an exploration of love—between sisters, between friends, between teacher and pupil, between men and women. Till We Have Faces is retold through the eyes of Psyche’s oldest sister, Orual.
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Tolkien and the Invention of Myth by Jane Chance (Editor)
Call Number: PR6039.O32 Z839 2004

ISBN: 9780813123011

Publication Date: 2004-05-01

At what point did medieval epic and legend spark Tolkenian myth? The 18 essays in this volume examine the ancient Greek, Latin, Old Norse, Old English and Finnish sources from which Tolkien appropriated the concepts, images, characterizations, and theories that inform his own fictional narratives.

The author died in 1898, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.