With stunning photos, this highly readable book documents how the rediscovery of paganism fuelled the Renaissance in its art, music, drama and even gardens. Now in paperback, The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance is the essential nonfiction companion to the New York Times bestseller The Rule of Four.
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A professor of music, Joscelyn Godwin (New York) has written many books on music and the Western esoteric traditions, including Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: Mysticism from Antiquity to the Avant Garden, Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds and Mystery Religions in the Ancient World.
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The Pagan Dream Of The Renaissance by academician and Western esoteric traditions expert Joscelyn Godwin is an informed and informative exploration of how pagan deities captivated the Renaissance European imagination during the Renaissance, to such an extent that symbols of pagan doctrine would sometimes exist side-by-side with official symbols and doctrines of the Christian Church. Enhanced with numerous black-and-white photographs of Renaissance era art and stonework that celebrated pagan deities pepper this scholarly and insightful text, The Pagan Dream Of The Renaissance is a highly recommended addition to academic Western History and Renaissance History reference collections and reading lists.
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With black-and-white photographs of Renaissance era art
Jan 10 2003
By Midwest Book Review
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The Pagan Dream Of The Renaissance by academician and Western esoteric traditions expert Joscelyn Godwin is an informed and informative exploration of how pagan deities captivated the Renaissance European imagination during the Renaissance, to such an extent that symbols of pagan doctrine would sometimes exist side-by-side with official symbols and doctrines of the Christian Church. Enhanced with numerous black-and-white photographs of Renaissance era art and stonework that celebrated pagan deities pepper this scholarly and insightful text, The Pagan Dream Of The Renaissance is a highly recommended addition to academic Western History and Renaissance History reference collections and reading lists.
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Interesting
Oct 2 2010
By Alita
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Interesting, but does not touch literature, only the visual arts. Even so it cannot compare with the classic Sezenec on the same subject.
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