Mythologica

Victoria Topping lives in Bath and has worked as an artist and illustrator since graduating with a BA in Illustration in 2008. She uses multiple textures and images to create her work and uses a fusion of technology and traditional techniques – often using photography, painting, gold-leafing and cut up collage which is then digitally scanned and arranged on the computer. Her work is heavily influenced by music and Victoria aims to give each piece of artwork its own unique soul, through harnessing a blend of spirituality, culture, the cosmos and mother earth. Stephen Kershaw wrote his PhD under Richard Buxton, arguably the leading scholar on Greek myth in the world. He has taught Classics in numerous establishments, including Oxford University Department for Continuing Education and Warwick University. He runs the European Studies Classical Tour for Rhodes College and the University of the South.

“The epic, heroic and sometimes terrible lives of 50 god and goddesses, mortals and monsters, are revealed in a spectacular illustrated encyclopaedia of Ancient Greece. Each character is profiled in electrifying double page spreads, interspersed with summaries of famous tales and historical events. It’s truly a visual feast: illustrator Topping fuses technology with traditional techniques to capture the otherworldliness of her mythical subjects, employing intense colours and a hint of the surreal.”

• GODS4 Zeus6 Hera8 MYTH - The Twelve Labours of Heracles10 Athena12 Apollo14 Artemis16 Poseidon18 Aphrodite20 Hephaestus22 Hermes24 Dionysus26 Hades28 Demeter and Persephone30 Ares32 Gaia34 The Muses36 The Fates38 Prometheus40 Pan  MORTALS42 Eros44 Penelope46 MYTH - The Odyssey48 Narcissus50 Oedipus52 Pandora54 Icarus56 Midas58 Cassandra60 Orpheus62 Helen64 Achilles66 Hector68 MYTH – The Trojan War70 The Amazons72 Jason74 Medea76 MYTH – The Argonauts  MONSTERS78 Cyclops80 Argos82 The Hydra84 The Centaurs86 Typhon88 The Griffin90 The Giants92 Chimaera94 The Hundred-Handers96 Medusa98 The Minotaur100 Cerberus102 The Sirens104 The Harpies106 The Phoenix108 Talos110 Pegasus