Sacred Symbols

Name: Sacred Symbols
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ISBN: 9780810937963

ISBN-10: 0810937964

ISBN-13: 9780810937963

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert Adkinson

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Throughout history, symbols have formed and shaped our mental and emotional states, and influenced our behavior. Robert Adkinson's compendium of religious, philosophical, and cultural emblems from a variety of contexts reveals the universal power of these elemental images, bridging the gap between languages and civilizations all over the world. With illuminating commentary, Adkinson positions each image within its cultural context, from the early societies of the Egyptians, the Celts and the Maya, who used visual metaphors to explain natural phenomena and illustrate concepts of good and evil, to the iconography of Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity as found in art and architecture,…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 792
Size: 6.63" wide x 7.25" long x 2.75" tall
Weight: 3.740
Language: English