Perhaps the most revolutionary aspect of the Renaissance was the reappearance of gods and goddesses from antiquity. Within Christian Europe, artists began to adorn luxurious objects with scandal derived from classical mythology, while leaders identified with the deities of the ancient religion. This fascinating blend of erotic imagination and political power changed the course of Western art and produced many of its most enchanting and subversive works. The book "The Mirror of the Gods" is the first to comprehensively review this extraordinary phenomenon, from the Renaissance to the Baroque. Each chapter focuses on a specific god (Demeter, Apollo, Hercules, Aphrodite, Bacchus, Zeus) and tells the stories around this deity, not as they appear in classical literature but as reimagined by artists like Botticelli, Titian, and Bernini. However, this is not just a book about painting and sculpture. It is an attempt to reimagine the entire designed world of the Renaissance, where gods also appeared in carnival floats or at festive banquets, entertaining the audience in the form of snowmen and fireworks. This rich and original new portrait of the Renaissance will ensure that readers will never see the period in the same way again.