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Product Description: An in-depth study of the sacred meanings behind ancient and enduring symbols ⢠Explains the multiple forms and uses of symbols from ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in folk magic and the Western Mystery tradition ⢠Examines more than 40 glyphs, such as the cross, fleur de lis, and pentagram, as well as several families of symbols, such as craftsmenâs marks and runes ⢠Includes more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy, and photographs--many never before reproduced From ancient rock and cave art to the contemporary brand logos of politics and business, human beings have always created symbols to denote specific ideas, groups, or important objects as well as to convey deeper information than can be communicated in words...read more
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9781620553152 | Reprint edition (Destiny Books, June 30, 2014), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An in-depth study of the sacred meanings behind ancient and enduring symbols ⢠Explains the multiple forms and uses of symbols from ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in folk magic and the Western Mystery tradition ⢠Examines more than 40 glyphs, such as the cross, fleur de lis, and pentagram, as well as several families of symbols, such as craftsmenâs marks and runes ⢠Includes more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy, and photographs--many never before reproduced From ancient rock and cave art to the contemporary brand logos of politics and business, human beings have always created symbols to denote specific ideas, groups, or important objects as well as to convey deeper information than can be communicated in words.
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9781620551752 | Italian edition edition (Inner Traditions, April 24, 2014), cover price $29.95
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9781846816512 | Lorenz Books, January 7, 2014, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Shows how signs and symbols have been used from the dawn of humanity to the modern age as a means of conveying belief, concepts and identity; illustrated with over 350 fine art images of signs and how they are used.
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9780711232136 | Original edition (Frances Lincoln Ltd, July 26, 2011), cover price $24.95
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9781606060667 | J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, April 12, 2011, cover price $24.95
Product Description: Painters in the past and commercial artists in our own day have relied on allegory to create "message pictures." Once thought to rival literary works or political oratory in influence and prestige, such paintings, with their references to ancient myth, the Bible, or medieval astrology, all too often puzzle modern viewers...read more
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9781857094855 | Natl Gallery Pubns Ltd, June 24, 2010, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Painters in the past and commercial artists in our own day have relied on allegory to create "message pictures.
9780300073201 | Natl Gallery Pubns Ltd, November 1, 1997, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Painters in the past and commercial artists in our own day have relied on allegory to create "message pictures.
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9781933316727 | World Wisdom Books, July 30, 2009, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: This fascinating edited collection of art historian Titus Burckhardt's most important writings on Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist art is lavishly illustrated with 140 superb examples of Oriental art, architecture, statuary, and painting.
Product Description: Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art--the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor--and finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment.
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9780879728687 | Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, September 15, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art--the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor--and finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment.
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9780300083828 | Yale Univ Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $60.00
9780070270695, titled "Mind Expanders: Provoking Creativity in Individuals and Organizations" | McGraw-Hill, October 1, 1997, cover price $55.01 | also contains Mind Expanders: Provoking Creativity in Individuals and Organizations
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9782843232916 | Editions Assouline, October 1, 2001, cover price $50.00
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9780028610177 | Macmillan General Reference, October 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | also contains Conservative Echoes in Fin-De-Siecle Parisian Art Criticism | About this edition: Designed for both the beginner and advanced baker, chapters on equipment, ingredients, and how-tos explain everything there is to know about baking superb yeast cakes and pastries, as well as provide delicious recipes written in an informal, friendly format.
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9780226115757 | Univ of Chicago Pr, December 1, 1998, cover price $55.00
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9780070270695 | McGraw-Hill, October 1, 1997, cover price $55.01 | also contains Dream States: Puvis De Chavannes, Modernism, and the Fantasy of France
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9780660159652 | Univ of Washington Pr, January 1, 1997, cover price $24.95
Shows and describes African art created with various themes, such as divination, farming, initiation rites, myths, court life, and sacred places, and includes sculpture, textiles, pottery, basketry, and gold
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9780871922496 | Davis Pubns, August 1, 1994, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Shows and describes African art created with various themes, such as divination, farming, initiation rites, myths, court life, and sacred places, and includes sculpture, textiles, pottery, basketry, and gold
Product Description: Alexander M. Stephen, a self-taught anthropologist and an associate of Indian trader Thomas Keam, lived among the Hopi during the late nineteenth century. Having excellent rapport with the tribal elders, Stephen asked them the meaning of symbols on the pots he was collecting for Keam and recorded these interpretations in a catalogue entitled "Pottery of Tusayan: Catalogue of the Keam Collection...read more
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9781555661205 | Johnson Books, March 1, 1994, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Alexander M.
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9780028610177, titled "Secrets of a Pastry Baker: 250 Old World Recipes for Yeast Cakes and Pastries" | Macmillan General Reference, October 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | also contains Secrets of a Pastry Baker: 250 Old World Recipes for Yeast Cakes and Pastries | About this edition: Designed for both the beginner and advanced baker, chapters on equipment, ingredients, and how-tos explain everything there is to know about baking superb yeast cakes and pastries, as well as provide delicious recipes written in an informal, friendly format.
9780271007731 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, January 1, 1992, cover price $82.95
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9780835718684 | Umi Research Pr, June 1, 1989, cover price $138.90 | About this edition: Book by Kosinski, Dorothy M.
Product Description: A study of gestures in Giotto's paintings, of their function in his art and the sources from which they are derived. Giotto depicted gestures to express emotions, and to show the character of figures and situations, and his consistency in their use shows that he was aware of their symbolic nature...read more
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9780521324540 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, September 25, 1987), cover price $69.95
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9780521386609 | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, July 1, 1990), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A study of gestures in Giotto's paintings, of their function in his art and the sources from which they are derived.
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9780064300957 | Westview Pr, November 1, 1979, cover price $46.00
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