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Symbols and Allegories in Art (Matilde Ballestini 2005)
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- 9780892368181
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0892368187
ISBN-13
9780892368181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44407676
Product Key Features
Book Title
Symbols and Allegories in Art
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Criticism & Theory, Reference, General, European, History / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Literary Collections
Book Series
A Guide to Imagery Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"This sixth volume of the Getty's superb Guide to Imagery series does not disappoint, following a winning formula to satisfying results. Like its predecessors, the book lushly reproduces masterworks and breaks them down into their component parts, explaining the meanings attached to each in helpful marginal text. The volume contains a selection of exemplary paintings from the last 500 years, but it's particularly heavy on the Renaissance-familiar standouts include van Eyck's The Arnolfini Marriage , Holbein the Younger's The Ambassadors , Botticelli's Spring and several fantastic works by Bruegel the Elder. The book is divided into four sections--"Time", "Man", "Space" and "Allegories"--with plenty of subsections in each. For anyone unfamiliar with Renaissance symbols and tropes, this book adds depth and nuance to the sensual power of its greatest works.", The beauty of this guide is the simplicity with which the subject is presented to the gallery visitor, the newcomer to analysing visual art and anyone wishing to develop more than a passing interest in the arts.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
704.946
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
N7740
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