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Author |
: Matilde Battistini |
Publisher |
: Getty Publications |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0892368187 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780892368181 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbols and Allegories in Art by : Matilde Battistini
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 woman wrapped in a black veil, whereas day or noon was often represented in Renaissance art as a strong, virile man evoking the full manifestation of the sun's energy. Each entry in the book contains a main reference image in which details of the symbol or allegory being analyzed are called out for discussion. In the margin, for quick access by the reader, is a summary of the essential characteristics of the symbol in question, the derivation of its name, and the religious tradition from which it springs.
Author |
: Matthew Wilson |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2020-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780500295748 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0500295743 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbols in Art by : Matthew Wilson
Thoroughly user-friendly and covering a broad historical sweep, this book is a reference guide to fifty of the most frequently occurring symbols in global art history. Iconography, or the study of symbols—be they animals, artifacts, plants, geometric shapes, or gestures—is an essential aspect of interpreting art. One of the most consistent features of human society throughout time has been the use of visual symbols, which often act as substitutions for the written word, crossing dialects and borders and uniting understandings of the world through a shared language. Incorporating and analyzing a wealth of cultures, Symbols in Art serves as a reference guide to fifty of the most frequently occurring symbols in global art history from 2300 BCE to the present day, exploring their subtle implications and covert meanings. Entries devoted to specific symbols expose nuances of meaning and historical use, from easily identifiable symbols across the globe to those used to speak to specific cultural groups. This book exposes such intriguing correspondences as the symbolism of grapevines in a fifteenth-century painting by Giovanni Bellini compared to the images in Yinka Shonibare’s Last Supper. Complete with a user-friendly glossary of symbols and a well-selected array of illustrations, this book illuminates common and thought-provoking symbols in art across history and the globe, functioning as an indispensable tool for interpretation.
Author |
: Lucia Impelluso |
Publisher |
: Getty Publications |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0892367725 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780892367726 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nature and Its Symbols by : Lucia Impelluso
"The Guide to Imagery series introduces readers to important visual vocabulary of Western art."--Back cover.
Author |
: Farrin Chwalkowski |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 620 |
Release |
: 2016-12-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781443857284 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1443857289 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbols in Arts, Religion and Culture by : Farrin Chwalkowski
We are a product of nature. Every single cell of our body is made of, and depends, on nature. Our inner soul is heavily influenced by nature. We feel sad if the sun is not shining for a few days, and feel pleasure when drawn to the wonder of flowers and uplifted by the song of birds. We came from nature; we are part of nature. In short, we are nature. Nature has been an intimate part of the human experience from the earliest times. Different religions and cultures, from all corners of the world, have honoured and worshipped nature in art, ritual and literature in their own unique ways. This book shows how we learn about our own human nature, our own sense of identity and how we fit into the larger scheme of life and spirit when we come to better understand how our human ancestors, through art, symbol and myth, expressed their relationship with the natural world.
Author |
: Andrei Pop |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2019-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781942130338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1942130333 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Forest of Symbols by : Andrei Pop
A groundbreaking reassessment of Symbolist artists and writers that investigates the concerns they shared with scientists of the period—the problem of subjectivity in particular. In A Forest of Symbols, Andrei Pop presents a groundbreaking reassessment of those writers and artists in the late nineteenth century associated with the Symbolist movement. For Pop, “symbolist” denotes an art that is self-conscious about its modes of making meaning, and he argues that these symbolist practices, which sought to provide more direct access to viewers and readers by constant revision of its material means of meaning-making (brushstrokes on a canvas, words on a page), are crucial to understanding the genesis of modern art. The symbolists saw art not as a social revolution, but as a revolution in sense and how to conceptualize the world. The concerns of symbolist painters and poets were shared to a remarkable degree by theoretical scientists of the period, who were dissatisfied with the strict empiricism dominant in their disciplines, which made shared knowledge seem unattainable. The problem of subjectivity in particular, of what in one's experience can and cannot be shared, was crucial to the possibility of collaboration within science and to the communication of artistic innovation. Pop offers close readings of the literary and visual practices of Manet and Mallarmé, of drawings by Ernst Mach, William James and Wittgenstein, of experiments with color by Bracquemond and Van Gogh, and of the philosophical systems of Frege and Russell—filling in a startling but coherent picture of the symbolist heritage of modernity and its consequences.
Author |
: Francoise Barbe-Gall |
Publisher |
: Frances Lincoln |
Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 2011-07-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 071123213X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780711232136 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Understand a Painting by : Francoise Barbe-Gall
Choosing ten symbols from the natural world (the sun, the shell, the bird) and ten man-made (the window, the book, the mirror), Françoise Barbe-Gall illuminates our understanding of how these have been used and developed in art from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century, with sixty-eight wonderfully vivid examples. Painting has always made abundant use of forms and objects to convey abstract ideas: love, hope for eternal life, loyalty or betrayal. These recurring motifs, which were familiar to many in the past, have mostly become mysterious to the audiences of today. Today's art-lover will have to learn to look out for all the small things that can so easily seem like unimportant details, or simply decoration. But a flower, a reflection in a mirror or a bird in flight nearly always mean more than they first appear to. From Holbein's apple of knowledge to the black cat at the foot of Manet's Olympia, from Magritte's mysterious candles to Georgia O'Keeffe's flowers, this book shows how each work makes use of the language of symbols in an original and more meaningful way.
Author |
: George Ferguson |
Publisher |
: New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 1959 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195014324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195014327 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Signs & Symbols in Christian Art by : George Ferguson
Examines the use and meaning of Christian symbols found in Renaissance art.
Author |
: Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism |
Publisher |
: Taschen America Llc |
Total Pages |
: 807 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3836514486 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783836514484 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Symbols by : Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
Offers photograph illustrations and essays on numerous symbols and symbolic imagery, exploring their archetypal meanings as well as cultural and historical context for how different groups have interpreted them.
Author |
: Paola Rapelli |
Publisher |
: Getty Publications |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781606060667 |
ISBN-13 |
: 160606066X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbols of Power in Art by : Paola Rapelli
This volume examines the ways that sovereign rulers have employed well-defined symbols, attributes, and stereotypes to convey their power to their subjects and rivals, as well as to leave a legacy for subsequent generations to admire. Legendary rulers from antiquity such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Constantine have been looked to as models for their display of imperial power by the rulers of later eras. From medieval sovereigns such as Charlemagne and France's Louis IX to the tsars of Russia and the great European royal dynasties of the Hapsburgs, the Bourbons, and the Tudors, the rulers of each period have appropriated and often embellished the emblems of power employed by their predecessors. Even the second-tier lords who ruled parts of France and Italy during the Renaissance, such as the dukes of Burgundy, the Gonzaga of Mantua, and the Medici of Florence became adept at manipulating this imagery. The final chapter is reserved for Napoleon I, perhaps the ultimate master of symbolic display, who assumed the attributes of Roman emperors to project an image of eternal and immutable authority. The author examines not only regal paraphernalia such as crowns, scepters, thrones, and orbs, but also the painted portraits, sculptures, tapestries, carved ivories, jewelry, coins, armor, and, eventually, photographs created to display their owner's sovereign power, a vast collection of works that now forms a significant portion of the cultural heritage of Western civilization.
Author |
: Merrily C. Baird |
Publisher |
: Rizzoli International Publications |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015053520980 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbols of Japan by : Merrily C. Baird
The motifs are organized according to broad thematic categories such as "the cosmos, heaven and earth" and "animals of the land and sea," among others, allowing for broad reading on a number of topics of interest to a wide variety of readers, including collectors of Asian art and students of Japan.".