Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art
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Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art
J. Murray, 1996, c1979
Rev. ed. in larger format
- : pbk
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Hall's dictionary of subjects & symbols in art
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Includes bibliography (p. [xxv]-xxix) and index
"First paperback edition October 1984" --T.P. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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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