THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: Identification And Analysis Of The Visual Vocabulary That Formulates Our Thoughts And Dictates Our Reactions To The World Around Us.

O'Connell, Mark & Raje Airey

ISBN 10: 0681185821 / ISBN 13: 9780681185821

Published by London UK. 2006. Hermes House / Anness Publishing., 2006

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full color glossy illustrated flexible vinyl hardbound (kind of a cross between hard & softbound) folio. very large ("coffee table" size book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. no dustwrapper (as issued). very fine cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). decorative endpapers. full color glossy illustrated 1/2 title, frontis. & title pg. 256p. glossy pages throughout. every page illustrated in full color. acknowledgments. index. religion. mythology. art history. folklore. philosophy. archaeology. anthropology. literature. psychology ~ An interpretation of the unconscious codes and secret languages that shape our most ancient emotions. Over 1600 visual symbols, including photographs, fine art paintings, and line illustrations with authoritative in~depth commentary, definitions and explanations. ~ A fascinating guide to hundreds of symbols, signs and ideographs, illustrated with photographs, artworks, diagrams and drawings, and presented with authoritative text, commentary and definitions ~Lavish illustration reflects how signs and symbols have been interpreted and represented through thousands of years of art, mythology and religion, from the Babylonians and Sumerians to the modern world ~ An erudite, accessible text explains, decodes and categorizes the signs, including in~depth analysis of some of the most important symbols of all, such as the wheel, the cross, the gateway, the rainbow, the dragon and the sun ~ Contains a directory of over 1000 illustrations of iconographic symbols, in addition to hundreds of color images featuring these primal metaphors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: Identification And Analysis Of The Visual Vocabulary That Formulates Our Thoughts And Dictates Our Reactions To The World Around Us.
• Publisher: London UK. 2006. Hermes House / Anness Publishing.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0681185821
• ISBN 13: 9780681185821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • art history
  • mythology
  • religion

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Synopsis

A fascinating guide containing over 1600 visual symbols, including photographs, fine art paintings, and line illustrations with in-depth commentary, definitions and explanations. With this guide, we can identify and analyze our visual vocabulary and interpret the unconscious codes and secret languages of our most ancient emotions. Illustrations show how signs and symbols have been interpreted and represented throughout history in art, mythology and religion.