These three essays were inspired by the Samothracian discoveries.
Cyriacus of Ancona's visit to the island and his assessment of what he
saw are the subject of the opening essay. This is followed by the first
detailed and comprehensive analysis of Mantegna's Parnassus, a painting
which Mrs. Lehmann suggests reflects in its theme and imagery the use of
a limited number of ancient sculptures and texts. The final essay is a
discussion of the postclassical transformation of the iconographic type
of the ancient ship-fountain.
Originally published in 1973.
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