Allegory and the migration of symbols (The Collected essays of Rudolf Wittkower)
This Book Has A Taxonomy Of Sets Of Similar Symbols With Which The History Of Their Locations, Uses, And Meanings Can Be Put Together To See The Whole. Well Researched And Written/translated. Not A Dictionary Of Symbols With Definitions, Or Even An Encyclopedia - More Like A Collection Of Specific Histories.--amazon. Fourteen Essays Written Between 1937 And 1970. East And West : The Problem Of Cultural Exchange -- Eagle And Serpent -- Marvels Of The East : A Study In The History Of Monsters -- Marco Polo And The Pictorial Tradition Of The Marvels Of The East -- Roc : An Eastern Prodigy In A Dutch Engraving -- Chance, Time And Virtue -- Patience And Chance : The Story Of A Political Emblem -- Hieroglyphics In The Early Renaissance -- Transformations Of Minerva In Renaissance Imagery -- Titian's Allegory Of Religion Succoured By Spain -- El Greco's Language Of Gesture -- Death And Resurrection In A Picture By Marten De Vos -- Grammatica : From Martianus Capella To Hogarth -- Interpretation Of Visual Symbols. Rudolf Wittkowker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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| Title | Allegory and the migration of symbols (The Collected essays of Rudolf Wittkower) |
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| ISBN | 0500850046 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500850046 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500850046 |
| Date published | 1977 |
| MRSP | 0.00 |
| Pages | 223 |
| Author | Rudolf Wittkower |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Thames and Hudson |
| Tags | Architecture Arts & Photography Criticism History & Criticism |
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