1000 Symbols
What shapes mean in art and myth
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-78240-456-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Interest Age: From 0 to 0 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
One colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78240-456-9 (9781782404569)
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Rowena Shepherd is a senior curator with over fifteen years' experience in the Heritage sector. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute, she specializes 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. In addition to current role as Senior Curator (Collections, South East) for English Heritage, Rowena advises ArtsArchitecture in the conception and brief writing stages of museum projects and also writes conservation plans and collections strategies.
Dr. Rupert Shepherd is a writer specializing in art history. Since graduating from the Courtauld Institute he has written and contributed to a number of books.
Dr. Rupert Shepherd is a writer specializing in art history. Since graduating from the Courtauld Institute he has written and contributed to a number of books.