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Symbols and Allegories in Art

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Matilde Battistini is an art critic and co-author, with Stefano Zuffi, of Picasso: L'opera di un genio and La Natura Morta.

From antiquity, when the gods and goddesses were commonly featured in works of art, through 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 Symbols and Allegories in Art is to provide contemporary readers and museum visitors with the tools to read the hidden meanings in works of art.

Symbols and Allegories in Art is thematically divided 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 Symbols and Allegories in Art 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.

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PRODUCT INFORMATION

Product Code	1024343
author	Matilde Battistini
ISBN	9780892368181
colour illustrations	400
Dimensions	20.1 x 14 x 2.3 cm
format	Paperback
GTIN	9780892368181
pages	384
published	May 2005
publisher	Getty Publications
Dimensions	14 X 20.1 X 2.3 cm

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