2nd Edition
An Introduction to Iconography Symbols, Allusions and Meaning in the Visual Arts
By Roelof van Straten
Copyright 1994
172 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Available for the first time in English, An Introduction to Iconography explains the ways that artists use references and allusions to create meaning. The book presents the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of iconography and ICONCLASS, the comprehensive iconographical indexing system developed by Henri van de Waal. It gives particular emphasis to the history of iconography,... Read more
Part 1 Theoretical Section; Chapter 1 What Is Iconography?; Chapter 2 Personification; Chapter 3 Allegory; Chapter 4 Symbols, Attributes, and Symbolic Representations; Part 2 Practical Section; Chapter 5 Literary Sources of Subjects in Art; Chapter 6 Iconographic Handbooks and Photo Archives; Chapter 7 Iconclass: A New Method of Research in Iconography;
Biography
Roelof Van Straten, Patricia de Man
"'...a very useful and astonishingly comprehensive little handbook. It is a model in clarity, excellently organized, and also graphically very clear.'." -- Wolfgang M. Freitag of Harvard University
