No free photograph
Jean Seznec
French historian and mythographer (1905-1983) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Jean Seznec was a historian and mythographer whose most influential book, for English-speaking readers, is La Survivance des dieux antiques (1940), translated as The Survival of the Pagan Gods: Mythological Tradition in Renaissance Humanism and Art (1953).
Jean Seznec is read about 5.5 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Also in Deutsch
Awards
About this person
Expanding the scope of work by Warburg Institute scholars Fritz Saxl and Erwin Panofsky, Seznec presented a broad view of the transmission of classical representation in Western art.
Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1983 · aged 78
