Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art (2 Vol. Set)

ISBN 10: 1579580092 / ISBN 13: 9781579580094

Published by Routledge, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art (2 Vol. Set)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579580092
• ISBN 13: 9781579580094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

First published in 1998. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature, and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures, and genres. Art historians now tend to study narrative themes depicted in works of art in relation to such subjects as gender and sexuality, politics and power, ownership and possession, ceremony and ritual, legitimacy and authority. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography reflects these new approaches by ordering the themes of various iconographic sources in particular biblical, mythological, and literary texts according to these new emphases.Each handsomely illustrated entry discusses the major relevant iconographic narratives and the historical background of each theme. A list of selected works of art that accompanies each essay guides the reader to examples in art that depict the theme under discussion. Each essay includes a list of suggested reading that provides further sources of information about the themes. A general bibliography of reference books is listed separately and can be used in association with all the essays. With 119 entries written by 42 experts, the Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography is an important reference work for art historians, students of art history, artists, and the general reader.

About the Author

Helene E. Roberts