James Hall

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780813343938
• ISBN-10: 0813343933
• Artikelnr.: 22900768

Autorenporträt

James Hall

Inhaltsangabe

The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the
story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once
biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today.
This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and
secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in
a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of
moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared
throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the
Renaissance.