Author: Cirlot, Juan Eduardo
Title: A Dictionary of Symbols
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1971. Second Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780710071774 Translated from the Spanish by Jack Sage. Foreword by Herbert Read. A classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot that illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. From the Egyptians on, no form of learning was more vital to the ancient world than the knowledge of symbols, and it was no less important to the civilizations of the Orient, even into modern times. In the Occident, thinking about symbols shaped the great art of the medieval age, and, to a very large extent, the new developments of the renaissance and the baroque, before gaining a distinctly new importance with the discovery of the "unconscious" in the twentieth century. The poet and art critic Juan Eduardo Cirlot's Dictionary of Symbols first came out in 1958; soon translated into English, it has since proved an indispensable and endlessly stimulating resource for scholars and students of fields from art to literature to psychology to philosophy. Whether discussing the nature of the Mandala, the symbolic dimensions of the cow, heron, hippopotamus, or planet Saturn, Cirlot's book is an unrivaled source of information, instruction, inspiration, and simple pleasure. This new edition incorporates extensive revisions from the first edition of 1962. Revised Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. lv + 419. Price clipped inside book. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes bibliographies & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: .841 kilos. Category: Reference; Art & Design; Philosophy; Myths, Legends & Folklore; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0710071779. ISBN/EAN: 9780710071774. Inventory No: 4909.
Keywords: BZDB227 Reference/Symbols/Philosophy/Myths, Legends & Folklore/Psychology & Psychiatry/Art & Design Reference; Art & Design; Philosophy; Myths, Legends & Folklore; Psychology & Psychiatry. Unbranded ISBN: 0710071779 EAN: 9780710071774 Juan Eduardo Cirlo
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Title: A Dictionary of Symbols
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1971. Second Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780710071774 Translated from the Spanish by Jack Sage. Foreword by Herbert Read. A classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot that illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. From the Egyptians on, no form of learning was more vital to the ancient world than the knowledge of symbols, and it was no less important to the civilizations of the Orient, even into modern times. In the Occident, thinking about symbols shaped the great art of the medieval age, and, to a very large extent, the new developments of the renaissance and the baroque, before gaining a distinctly new importance with the discovery of the "unconscious" in the twentieth century. The poet and art critic Juan Eduardo Cirlot's Dictionary of Symbols first came out in 1958; soon translated into English, it has since proved an indispensable and endlessly stimulating resource for scholars and students of fields from art to literature to psychology to philosophy. Whether discussing the nature of the Mandala, the symbolic dimensions of the cow, heron, hippopotamus, or planet Saturn, Cirlot's book is an unrivaled source of information, instruction, inspiration, and simple pleasure. This new edition incorporates extensive revisions from the first edition of 1962. Revised Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. lv + 419. Price clipped inside book. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper. Gilt titles spine. black cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes bibliographies & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: .841 kilos. Category: Reference; Art & Design; Philosophy; Myths, Legends & Folklore; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0710071779. ISBN/EAN: 9780710071774. Inventory No: 4909.
Keywords: BZDB227 Reference/Symbols/Philosophy/Myths, Legends & Folklore/Psychology & Psychiatry/Art & Design Reference; Art & Design; Philosophy; Myths, Legends & Folklore; Psychology & Psychiatry. Unbranded ISBN: 0710071779 EAN: 9780710071774 Juan Eduardo Cirlo
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- Book number: 4909
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