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This collection features fourteen richly illustrated essays (with 251 blackandwhite images) exploring how visual symbols travel and transform across cultures and eras. It uncovers the infusion of Eastern motifslike the eagle, serpent, and exotic monstersinto Western art, and traces allegorical themes of Time, Death, Virtue, and more within Renaissance imagery.
TITLE: Allegory and the Migration of Symbols, Second-hand SECONDHAND
AUTHOR: Rudolf Wittkower
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson
DATE PUBLISHED: 1987
PLACE PUBLISHED: England
PAGES: 223
BINDING: Softcover / Paperback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 25 x 18 x 1.8 cm