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Traces the significance of 1,000 commonly recognized symbols and places them in historical and cultural context
Overview
Symbols are often identified as an international language and, to some extent, they are. But that language is far from universal. Different symbols can mean radically different things in different contexts - a cross, a crane or a swastika could each have a distinct meaning for a Buddhist, an art historian or a student of the occult, for example, and none of those meanings would be quite the same.
1000 Symbols offers you a full explanation: an introductory alphabetical index is followed by groupings of related symbols, every one with an extended definition of its history and its cross-cultural meanings. Whether you are baffled by the relevance of the winged staff held by Mercury in a classical painting, or wonder why the Hebrew menorah has seven branches, this comprehensive reference dictionary will give you the information you're looking for, and place the explanation in both its historical and cultural contexts.
Product Information
Book Details
Format: Paperback with flaps
Size: 23.5 x 19.5 cm
Extent: 352 pp
Illustrations: 1157
Publication date: 5 August 2002
ISBN: 9780500283516
About the Author
Rupert Shepherd is a freelance writer specialising in art history.
List of Contributors
Michael Beechey, Linda Carter, Patricia Friedman, Rachel Kennedy, Rebecca Naylor, Julie North, Kate Newnham, Shashi Sen, Andrew Spira, Russell Stephenson, Kate Warren, Helene Watson
