Jean Seznec [SEP] date of death
Jean Seznec
Jean Seznec (19 March 1905, in Morlaix – 22 November 1983, in Oxford) was a historian and mythographer whose most influential book, for English-speaking readers, has been "La Survivance des dieux antiques", 1940, translated as "", 1953. 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.
Work.
Seznec won a place at the French Academy in Rome in
Seznec
Seznec is a surname of Breton origin. It may refer to any the following people:
Seznec derives from "saezh" which means sunbeam or arrow in Breton and the suffix -eg is very frequently used to form names designating a place by what is found there.
- André Seznec, French engineer
- Jean Seznec (1905–1983), French historian and mythographer
- Christian Seznec (born 1952), French professional road bicycle racer
- Reynald Seznec (born 1953), President and CEO of the