1st Edition

Animals in Art and Thought To the End of the Middle Ages

612 Pages

by Routledge

612 Pages

by Routledge

612 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1971, Animals in Art and Thought discusses the ways in which animals have been used by man in art and literature. The book looks at how they have been used to symbolise religious, social and political beliefs, as well as their pragmatic use by hunters, sportsmen, and farmers. The book discusses these various attitudes in a survey which ranges from prehistoric cave art to... Read more

Editor’s Foreword and Acknowledgements

Author’s Preface

Photographic Acknowledgements

Part I: The Ancient World

1 The Hunter’s Art and Mythology

2. Animal Art in the Ancient Near East

3. Animal Art in Civilizations of Greece and Rome

4. Barbaric Animal Styles

Part II: The Early Middle Ages

5. The Carolingian Renaissance

6. Late Anglo-Saxon Animal Art: The ‘Caedmon’ and ‘Aelfric’ Manuscripts

7. Germany, France and Spain c. 950-1050; the Apocalyptic Tradition