Die klassischen Götter auf Abwegen: Launige Götterbilder in den italienischen und nordalpinen Bildkünsten der Frühen Neuzeit

The textual and iconographic reception of classical myths in the early modern period produced a range of different interpretive patterns and visual traditions, and provoked a counter-reaction in the form of novel comic adaptations of myths. This study puts these “witty” images of the Gods in Italian and Northern Alpine visual arts in a broader context of motifs as well as in that of the literary and art historical discourse.