An Introduction to Iconography : Symbols, Allusions and Meaning in the Visual Arts
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Documenting the Image
ISBN-10
288124601X
ISBN-13
9782881246012
Publisher
Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA
Imprint
Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 28th, 1994
Print length
172 Pages
Weight
326 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 16.30 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Theory of art
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This text explains the ways artists use references and allusions to create meaning. It presents the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of the iconographical indexing system developed by Henri van de Waal. It emphasizes the history of iconography, personification, allegory and sources.
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.
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