An Introduction to Iconography
Symbols, Allusions and Meaning in the Visual Arts
2nd Edition
Published on 2. October 2012
168 pages
978-1-136-61402-6 (ISBN)
Description
Available for the first time in English, An Introduction to Iconography explains the ways that artists use references and allusions to create meaning. The book presents the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of iconography and ICONCLASS, the comprehensive iconographical indexing system developed by Henri van de Waal. It gives particular emphasis to the history of iconography, personification, allegory, and symbols, and the literary sources that inform iconographic readings, and includes annotated bibliographies of books and journal articles from around the world that are associated with iconographic research. The author of numerous articles and a four-volume reference work on Italian prints, Roelof van Straten is currently working on an iconographic index covering the prints of Goltzius and his school.
Reviews / Votes
"'...a very useful and astonishingly comprehensive little handbook. It is a model in clarity, excellently organized, and also graphically very clear.'." -- Wolfgang M. Freitag of Harvard UniversityMore details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
63,61 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-61402-6 (9781136614026)
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11/1994
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Content
Part 1 Theoretical Section; Chapter 1 What Is Iconography?; Chapter 2 Personification; Chapter 3 Allegory; Chapter 4 Symbols, Attributes, and Symbolic Representations; Part 2 Practical Section; Chapter 5 Literary Sources of Subjects in Art; Chapter 6 Iconographic Handbooks and Photo Archives; Chapter 7 Iconclass: A New Method of Research in Iconography;
