The comprehensive on-line bibliography to “The Nachleben of Classical Mythology“ from ancient to modern times, compiled by Bernhard Kreuz, Jakob Strazinger, Petra Aigner and Christine Harrauer, is constantly being updated, and at present it covers 656 pages (Version 1/2020).
Creative poets, scholars and artists of the Italian Renaissance clearly saw the timelessness and versatility of the ancient myths, and playfully put them to use to create new myths, modelled on the classical example; and very soon, also poets and artists from other European states tied in with this tradition. This new data base was drawn up to provide access for research in this field and to allow for international cooperation. It is to be launched on-line after a complete incorporation of all the existing synopses of the corresponding texts, including brief biographies of all relevant authors.
Entry criteria are as follows:
I. Conceptual redesign of ancient myths:
II. Transformation of traditional myths:
The data bank can be accessed in German and English. It does not cover the “conventional history of reception“ of ancient authors like Vergil, Ovid, Statius and others, but solely covers newly invented myths in the fields of literature (mainly Latin, scarcely Italian, English and French), music (librettoes and other musical texts) and the visual arts (illustrations in paintings, frescoes, tapestries, marriage chests a.s.o. and in sculptures.)
For a start, the data base focusses on the Italian Renaissance, and it is to be extended through international cooperation, temporally and geographically.
In the field of music, there is already a cooperation with Dr. Alexander Rausch from the Institute of Art and Musicological Research. With him a joint research project is being planned, whose goal is the systematic scientific compilation of the libretti.
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/antike/mythdb
For the time being, the data bank can be accessed by project staff only.
Christine Harrauer
Petra Aigner
Bernhard Kreuz
Jakob Starzinger (Bibliographie)
Jubiläumsfond der Stadt Wien (2010/11)
ARZ
ACDH
ÖAW, Institute for Art and Musicological Research:
Dr. Mag. Alexander Rausch
University of Vienna, Institute for Classics, Medieval and Neolatin:
ao. Prof. Mag. Dr. Elisabeth Klecker
Neulateinische Wortliste (J. Ramminger)
Cambridge Society For Neo-Latin Studies (CSNLS)
Renaissance and Baroque Music Chronology (Composers)
Online Renascense Editions printed in English between the years 1477 and 1799
Ufficio Ricerca Fondi Musicali
Poeti d'Italia
Internet Culturale. Cataloghi e collezioni digitali delle biblioteche italiane
Dizionario biografico degli Italiani