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"Fascinating insight into the hidden meanings in paintings." Click below to look inside the book:
Introduce yourself to the symbolic language of art, and discover the hidden layers of meaning beneath the surface of great works of art through the ages, from Ancient Egypt to abstract paintings of the twentieth century—and you’ll discover that, in art as in life itself, things are never quite what they seem.
978-1887354-50-9 This title is currently out of stock. We hope to produce a new edition soon. Reviews: THIS beautifully presented book elucidates how symbolic content works in art. At its most basic it\'s an invaluable guide to the classical and Christian iconographies in western art, but it also takes in other traditions, including Buddhism and Islam. However painstakingly you unpack a masterpiece\'s "meaning", of course, you won\'t find the elusive essence that makes it art. And yet the symbolic dimension is not so easily dismissed. If the iconography of a Botticelli or Bosch is plain to see (if hard to interpret), there are also "messages", Gibson shows, in works by many modern painters. —The Scotsman, Books in Brief, September 16, 2006
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