Symbols And Meaning

Author : Jack Tresidder
Publisher : Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781844832453
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symbols and Their Meanings written by Jack Tresidder and published by Duncan Baird Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Clare Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760702178
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signs & Symbols written by Clare Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging compendium traces symbolism to its ancient roots, examining a vast variety of symbolic images.

Author : Pamela Sachant
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning written by Pamela Sachant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Adrian Frutiger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signs and Symbols written by Adrian Frutiger and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.

Author : Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
ISBN 13 : 9783836514484
Total Pages : 807 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Symbols written by Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Roy Wagner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226869296
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symbols that Stand for Themselves written by Roy Wagner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Mari Womack
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759103221
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symbols and Meaning written by Mari Womack and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Womack offers a concise and easy-to-read overview of the power and meaning of symbols in all human societies. She describes how symbols_images, words, or behaviors with multi-layered meanings_are mechanism of communication. She demonstrates how we experience the power of symbols in all aspects of human life: birth, death, love, sexual desire, and the need for food and shelter. Womack investigates the use of symbols in the language of religion, healing, politics, social organization and control, popular culture, psychology, philosophy, semiotics, magic and expressive culture, including art, aesthetics, literature, theater, sports, and music. The author's eclectic, anthropological approach incorporates the social, conceptual and psychological dynamics of symbols. Her new book is an essential introductory textbook for courses that define fundamental concepts in religion, cultural anthropology, communication, and art.

Author : Rudolph F. Norden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780570039495
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symbols and Their Meaning written by Rudolph F. Norden and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 53 Christian symbols and their meaning and historical significance.

Author : T. A. Kenner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780233003047
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symbols and Their Hidden Meanings written by T. A. Kenner and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006.

Author : Udo Becker
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826412218
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Continuum Encyclopedia of Symbols written by Udo Becker and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical reference with more than 1,500 entries that trace symbols to their cultural, religious, or mythological origins, and explain the hidden or encoded meaning that lies concealed beneath objects' and concepts' ordinary, outward appearance.