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Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol

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Pandora was the "pagan Eve," and she is one of the rare mythological figures to have retained vitality up to our day. Glorified by Calderón, Voltaire, and Goethe, she is familiar to all of us, and "Pandora's box" is a household word. In this classic study Dora and Erwin Panofsky trace the history of Pandora and of Pandora’s box in European literature and art from Roman times to the present.

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

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414 reviews655 followers
August 7, 2025
به به. تا تو کتابفروشی دیدمش برداشتمش چون واقعا با دیدن اینکه کتاب از جعبه ی پاندورا ترجمه شده خوشحال شدم. اولین بار ترم اول یا دوم شنیدمش از استادامون، «پاندورا زنی که با باز کردن جعبه‌ تمام شر و عذاب‌های جهان رو آزاد میکنه- و تنها امید دردن جعبه باقی می ماند؛)»

این کتاب هم در کل جامع و جالب بود اما کتاب پژوهشیه یعنی اومده تغییرات و تفاوت‌ها و حالت‌های مختلف رشد این اسطوره رو در نقاط مختلف اروپا و تاریخش توضیح داده و این دقت و حوصله ی زیاد میخواد و یعنی میخوام بگم کل کتاب داستانی یا خط یکسانی نداره و اینگونه‌ست که البته روند جالبی داشت و نمیتونستم دست از خوندنش بردارم به خصوص با وجود تصویرهایی که گذاشته بود و شرح‌شون میداد- اگه سانسور افتضاح تصویرهارو در نظر نگیریم که خودم میرفتم جدا جدا سرچ میکردمشون که مثل آدم ببینمشون-
خلاصه که آره، فکر کنم تنها امید بر جای مانده ته جعبه‌ی هممون.

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358 reviews54 followers
July 3, 2023
Pandora mitine yönelik bütün bilgi birikimlerini ortaya koyduklari guzel bir eser. Sadece dipnotların çokluğu ve yoğunluğu okuma akışını aksattigindan yer yer kopukluk yasadim. Yine de anlayamadigim tam anlamiyla kitabı hazmedemedigimi hissettigim yerlerde tekrar dönüş yaparım ileride. Mitolojiye dair her çeşit okumaları sevdigim icin sorun etmiyorum ama dipnot fazlalığı birçok okuyucu için bıktırıcı olabilir. Anlatıyı resimler ve gravürlerle desteklemiş olmaları kitabın cazibesini artırmış ki ingilizce baskısının tıpkıbasımı olmuş. Keske kitap kapağı Pandora ve küpüne dair mitolojiye dayanan ünlü ressamların resimlerinden biri ile taçlandırılsaymış(:
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Author 6 books24 followers
December 28, 2016
Nope, never did 'finish' it per se, but Goodreads doesn't give an option for 'enjoyed it as far as I read but too big and heavy to read for pleasure so shelved to use as reference for ongoing writing projects and occasional interests.'
It's excellent and enormously useful, but not what you'd call a light read in any sense of the word.
14 reviews3 followers
September 16, 2020
3.5, és una gran sort poder gaudir de la compilació del mite de Pandora al llarg del temps amb tanta claredat expositiva. Llegir el matrimoni Panofsky sempre és gratificant. Tan sols he trobat a faltar una exposició més detallada de la relació entre el mite i la filosofia, una mica més de neoplatonisme💔
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58 reviews
September 13, 2023
Es una obra increíble por el profundo estudio iconográfico e iconológico de Pandora. Pero lo más importante está en el prólogo, gracias al cual Dora Panofsky tiene el reconocimiento que merece como una de las grandes mentes de la crítica artística del momento.
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63 reviews41 followers
November 28, 2024
نشر فرهامه/ترجمه‌ی عاطفه امیری/چاپ ۱۴۰۲
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30 reviews
December 27, 2024
Un libro sobre las distintas representaciones de Pandora en el arte. Análisis iconográficos y estéticos de distintas obras sobre Pandora. Amo.
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February 2, 2008
Panofsky doesn't seem intimidating in this book. At a glance it seems like an art history lecture with slides and likely a pleasant read. I added several quotes and info about the authors to the information section. If I'd been better about reading my books, even studying the covers, I'd have looked for Barry's painting on one of my two or three visits to the Manchester City Art Galleries....grrrr..
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