Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art

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Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art

James Hall ; introduction by Kenneth Clark

J. Murray, 1984

Rev. ed.

  • : pbk

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Hall's dictionary of subjects & symbols in art

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Bibliography: p. [xxv]-xxix

"First paperback edition October 1984" -- T. P. verso

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This dictionary relates in a succinct, readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of European art is based. Cross-references enable the reader to identify the subject of a picture simply from some characteristic object or figure in it. Here in a single volume are combined religious and historical themes. The "Dictionary" also explores the "lost language" of symbol and attribute, thus opening up the whole field of allegory.

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