A new pictorial reference book for artists and designers, with over 400 images from sources ranging from Greco-Roman art to Benjamin Franklin and Wes Anderson - Symbols offers a fresh approach to understanding symbolism in the visual arts Symbols are embedded everywhere in our global visual culture, from oil paintings to biscuit packaging, monuments to mass-produced ashtrays. Designers and California College of the Arts instructors Mark Fox and Angie Wang recognize sources both historical and contemporary, high and low, ...
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A new pictorial reference book for artists and designers, with over 400 images from sources ranging from Greco-Roman art to Benjamin Franklin and Wes Anderson - Symbols offers a fresh approach to understanding symbolism in the visual arts Symbols are embedded everywhere in our global visual culture, from oil paintings to biscuit packaging, monuments to mass-produced ashtrays. Designers and California College of the Arts instructors Mark Fox and Angie Wang recognize sources both historical and contemporary, high and low, revealing the narrative riches of symbolism found in a range of media and across times, places, and cultures. Whether human or animate, natural or man-made - each symbol (from sun, moon, lightning, and serpent to lozenge, spiral, and swastika) is illustrated with both classical and archetypal examples and often surprising contributions from textiles, fine art photography, ceramics, African sculpture, ancient coins, modern architecture, Native American crafts, European heraldry, Soviet propaganda, bookplates, film stills, military insignia, and much more. A beautiful, visually arresting compendium that both informs and inspires, Symbols is a vital resource.
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Add this copy of Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing to cart. $14.89, good condition, Sold by Friends Library Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eau Claire, WI, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by The Monacelli Press.
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Good. Book Ex-library with the usual stamps, stickers, and markings. Clear library film protects the covers. Slight scuffing and bumped corners. Clean inside and out--appears to have been lightly used. 255 p. About the book from its backcover: "...offers a new approach to the understanding of symbolism in the visual arts. combines classical and archetypal examples with often surprising expressions of global visual culture. 400 insightful visual examples by well-known artists and vernacular makers alike. a vital resource for students and educators, as well as practising artists and designers."
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