Humanitas (Aug 2016)

Omnia mutantur: Metamorphoses from Ovid to Picasso

  • Carlos Alcalde Martín

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 65, no. 1
pp. 285 – 303

Abstract

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The illustrations of Picasso for Ovid’s Metamorphoses show their classical tradition in different aspects: human‑centred theme, iconography, style and spirit. They keep a fundamental feature of myths, freedom of treatment which gives them always a permanent vitality and relevance.

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