Author : T. A. Kenner
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Signs and symbols
ISBN : 9780233003047
Originally published: New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006.
Author : Rudolph F. Norden
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,12 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780570039495
Includes 53 Christian symbols and their meaning and historical significance.
Author : Adrian Frutiger
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Author : Jack Tresidder
Publisher : Duncan Baird Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Signs and symbols
ISBN : 9781844832453
How did a symbol such as the cross, which today is so commonly associated with Christianity, come to appear in the pre-Columbian art of Central America? Why does the crow stand for death, evil and bad luck in Europe - but signify a creative and civilising force in Native American culture? Every traditional symbol bears an elemental power that transcends boundaries and holds significance for many cultures. But the ways in which we interpret such power have varied tremendously around the world and through the ages. In Symbols and their Meanings, author and art historian Jack Tresidder explores core symbols from across global cultures, through themes common to the world's spiritual imagination. Thought-provoking and visually stunning, Symbols and their Meanings offers a uniquely accessible compendium of symbols and symbol systems, and shows how the profound messages conveyed by symbols have enriched the world's cultural and spiritual heritage.
Author : Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
Page : 807 pages
File Size : 47,51 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783836514484
Offers photograph illustrations and essays on numerous symbols and symbolic imagery, exploring their archetypal meanings as well as cultural and historical context for how different groups have interpreted them.
Author : Clare Gibson
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Signs and symbols
ISBN : 9780760702178
This wide-ranging compendium traces symbolism to its ancient roots, examining a vast variety of symbolic images.
Author : David Fontana
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2003-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780811838214
Explores the culture, history, and psychology that lies behind a wide range of symbols.
Author : Pamela Sachant
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Art
ISBN :
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a deep insight and comprehension of the world of Art. Contents: What is Art? The Structure of Art Significance of Materials Used in Art Describing Art - Formal Analysis, Types, and Styles of Art Meaning in Art - Socio-Cultural Contexts, Symbolism, and Iconography Connecting Art to Our Lives Form in Architecture Art and Identity Art and Power Art and Ritual Life - Symbolism of Space and Ritual Objects, Mortality, and Immortality Art and Ethics
Author : Nataša Pantović
Publisher : Artof4Elements
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 2018-02-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9995754126
According to the Ancient Egyptian Myth the hieroglyphic script was invented by the God Thoth. We all remember 1,000 distinct characters of formal writing system used by pharaohs. Now, cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood, this is what researchers now call “the Proto-Canaanite alphabet”, the term used for inscriptions older than around 1050 BC that later evolved into the Phoenician alphabet. Again, lots of countries, governments, scientists, religion leaders wish to claim the invention of the alphabet. What about Vinča's Neolithic (Serbian Danube) pottery scripts also found in China? Vinča's sophisticated carved statues signs, 100s of Canaan letters, Phoenicians Arabic, Ionic, Cyrillic, Aramaic, Chinese, Hebrew.
Author : Roy Wagner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226869296
This important new work by Roy Wagner is about the autonomy of symbols and their role in creating culture. Its argument, anticipated in the author's previous book, The Invention of Culture, is at once symbolic, philosophical, and evolutionary: meaning is a form of perception to which human beings are physically and mentally adapted. Using examples from his many years of research among the Daribi people of New Guinea as well as from Western culture, Wagner approaches the question of the creation of meaning by examining the nonreferential qualities of symbols—such as their aesthetic and formal properties—that enable symbols to stand for themselves.
