Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
Author: Rudolf Wittkower
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780500850046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFourteen essays written between 1937 and 1970.
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Author: Rudolf Wittkower
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780500850046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFourteen essays written between 1937 and 1970.
Author: Rudolf Wittkower
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 223
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: comte Eugène Goblet d'Alviella
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Published: 1894
Total Pages: 330
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eugène Cte Goblet d'Alviella
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 277
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rudolf Wittkower
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 223
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Goblet D'alviella
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-08-03
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781333166533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The Migration of Symbols One of the most remarkable instances of the migration qfa symbolical type is that afforded by the trash/ion tripes or, as we more familiarly know it, the Three Legs of Man. It first ap pears on the coins of Lycia, circa 480; and then on those of Sicily, where it was adopted by Agathocles, b.c. 317-7, but not as a symbol of the Morning, Mid-day and Afternoon Sun [the Three Steps of Vishnu but of the three-sided, or rather three-ended, or three-pointed [tri quetrous land of Trin-akria, Three Capes, the ancient name of Sicily; and, finally, from the seventeenth century, on the coins of the Isle of Man; where, as Mr. John Newton has shown, in the At/zemum of the roth of September, 1892, it was introduced by Alexander III. Of Scotland, when. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Goblet D'Alviella (Count.)
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Published: 1894
Total Pages: 277
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Donald A. MacKenzie
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Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781494058364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
Author: Matilde Battistini
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780892368181
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 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.