Weaving Myths: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Labours of Hercules Tapestries in the Renaissance
The Labours of Hercules was a particularly prolific motif for tapestries in the Renaissance. The iconographic scheme of the Hercules series synthesized an enormous range of ancient and medieval philosophical and didactic erudition. This paper will examine an episode especially favoured in the sixtee...
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| Language: | English |
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eum edizioni università di macerata
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage |
| Online Access: | http://riviste.unimc.it/index.php/cap-cult/article/view/3250 |