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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 704.94603 EAN: 9780892368181 ISBN: 0892368187 Label: Getty Publications Manufacturer: Getty Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: May 01, 2005 Publisher: Getty Publications Studio: Getty Publications Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: From 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Oversimplistic and information-poorOnly the most obvious is stated, and then only in the simplest possible way, with no background information, no "story" behind each symbol, its use by particular artist at particular time in history etc. On the other hand very visual in presentation, therefore rather clear and simple, easy to understand. Recommended if you are interested in the subject on a very superficial level. Rating:  - A Valuable Guide to Understanding References in PaintingsSYMBOLS AND ALLEGORIES IN ART was originally published in Italian by author Mathilde Battistini and is here resubmitted to the art loving public in a translated version courtesy of the Getty Foundation. The book is visually stunning and informative and offers a very handy reference volume for the museum visitor as well as the artist in understanding the derivation of symbols and myths and allegories that have sustained a presence in painting since the Baroque period. Well designed in ... Read More 
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