Author: Sarah Carr-GommPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9781859860991
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art
Author: Sarah Carr-GommPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9781859860991
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols
Author: Jack TresidderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Presented alphabetically, this guide to the world of symbolism traces the meanings of symbols across a wide range of cultures. Universal symbols such as the egg, the lion and the dragon are examined, as well as specific symbols from the major religions or bodies of belief, such as Rosicrucianism.
Illustrated Dictionary Of Symbols In Eastern And Western Art
Author: James HallPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429968485
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"A Companion volume to James Hall’s perennial seller Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art. which deals with the subject matter of Christian and Western art, the present volume includes the art of Egypt, the ancient Near East, Christian and classical Europe, India and the Far East. Flail explores the language of symbols in art showing how paintings, drawings and sculpture express man shades of meaning from simple, everyday hopes and fears to the profoundest philosophical and religious aspirations. The book explains and interprets symbols from many cultures, and over 600 illustrations clarify and complement the text. There are numbered references throughout the text to the sacred Iitcra-1 ture, myths and legends in which the symbols had their origins. Details of English translations of the works are in the bibliography. The book includes an appendix of the transcription of Chinese, notes and references, bibliography, chronological tables and index."
Dictionary of Symbols in Art
Author: Sarah Carr-GommPublisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art
Author: James HallPublisher: Westview Press
ISBN: 9780064301008
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Comprehensible to interested laymen. Entries are succinct and absorbing.
A Dictionary of Symbols
Author: J. E. CirlotPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504085655
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
This classic encyclopedia of symbols by the renowned Spanish poet illuminates the imagery of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. J. E. Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols is a feat of scholarship, an act of the imagination, and a tool for contemplation, as well as a work of literature—a reference book that is as indispensable as it is brilliant and learned. Cirlot was a composer, poet, critic, and champion of modern art whose interest in surrealism helped introduce him to the study of symbolism. This volume explores the space between the world at large and the world within, where nothing is meaningless, and everything is in some way related to something else. Running from “abandonment” to “zone” by way of “flute” and “whip,” spanning the cultures of the world, and including a wealth of visual images to further bring the reality of the symbol home, A Dictionary of Symbols is a luminous and illuminating investigation of the works of eternity in time.
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
Author: J. HallThe Complete Dictionary of Symbols
Author: Jack TresidderPublisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN: 9781844830138
Category : Advertising campaigns
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Covering classical and other mythologies, biblical themes and the world of traditional symbols from cultures worldwide, this is a guide to more than 2000 major themes, figures and symbols that have been most commonly encountered from ancient times to the present day.
The Watkins Dictionary of Symbols
Author: Jack TresidderPublisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1780283571
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Traditional symbols form a visual shorthand for ideas, yet their functions and meaning extend far beyond that—for thousands of years they have enabled artists and craftsmen to embody and reinforce beliefs about human life in immediate and powerful images. This accessible and comprehensive guide features more than 2,000 major themes from Absinthe to the Zodiac: figures and symbols found in myth, literature and art, as well as those that have entered into the mainstream of everyday life. Covering classical and other mythologies, Biblical themes and traditional symbols from cultures across the world, this wonderful dictionary has thorough yet concise entries on individual animals, plants, objects, supernatural creatures, mythical episodes, miracles, and many other topics.
Dictionary of Symbols 2nd Edition
Author: Juan Eduardo CirlotPublisher:
ISBN: 9781566198295
Category : Symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Symbolism has long been an essential part of art. This book gives the meanings of many symbols.