Animals in Art and Thought to the End of the Middle Ages

Name: Animals in Art and Thought to the End of the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9780262110402

ISBN-10: 0262110407

ISBN-13: 9780262110402

Edition: 1971

Authors: Francis Klingender

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At all periods animals have been used by man in art and literature to symbolize his religious, social and political beliefs, and artists have found constant inspiration in the grace and beauty of animal forms. Yet animals have also always been viewed realistically by hunters, sportsmen, farmers, and all who come into daily contact with them or exploit them for food supplies or as beasts of burden. In Animals in Art and ThoughtFrancis Klingender discusses these various attitudes in a survey which ranges from prehistoric cave art to the later Middle Ages. He is especially concerned with uncovering the latent as well as the manifest meanings of animal art, and he presents a detailed…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1971
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/15/1971
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 646
Size: 9.00" wide x 1.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English