Symbols and Allegories in Art

Name: Symbols and Allegories in Art
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ISBN: 9780892368181

ISBN-10: 0892368187

ISBN-13: 9780892368181

Edition: 2005

Authors: Matilde Battistini

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From antiquity, when the gods and goddesses were commonly featured in works of art, through to the twentieth century, when Surrealists drew on archetypes from the unconscious, artists have embedded symbols in their works. As with previous volumes in the Guide to Imagery series, the goal of this book is to provide contemporary readers and museum visitors with the tools to read the hidden meanings in works of art. This latest volume is divided thematically into four sections featuring symbols related to time, man, space (earth and sky), and allegories or moral lessons. Readers will learn, for instance, that night, the primordial mother of the cosmos, was often portrayed in ancient art as a…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English