1000 Symbols: What shapes mean in art and myth
Author(s): Rowena Shepherd
Symbols are often seen as constituting an international language and to some extent they do, but that language is far from universal - context means everything in this complicated but engrossing form of communication. Take, for example, a cross, a crane, or a swastika: each one has a different and distinct significance and meaning for a Buddhist, an art historian, or a student of the occult. 1000 Symbols resolves the problem by offering groupings of related symbols, every one with a neat definition of its history and its cross-cultural meanings.
Product Information
Rowena Shepherd is a senior curator with over fifteen years' experience in the Heritage sector. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute, she specialises in working with collections housed in historic properties and in innovative ways of creating public engagement with objects in storage. She has worked with collections which range from the Neolithic to the nuclear age.Dr. Rupert Shepherd is a writer specialising in art history. Since graduating from the Courtauld Institute he has written and contributed to a number of books.
General Fields
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- : The Ivy Press
- : The Ivy Press
- : 01 April 2018
- : 200mm X 150mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 27 September 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Rowena Shepherd
- : Paperback
- : 302.2223
- : 352
- : One colour throughout
