How to understand a painting : decoding symbols in art / Françoise Barbe-Gall.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Frances Lincoln, 2010.Description: 311 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780711232136 (pbk.) :
- 9780711232136 (pbk.) :
- 750.11 BAR
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Nature\'s repertoire -- The suna nd the moon -- The cloud -- The tree -- The flower -- The fruit -- The shell -- The fish -- The dog and the cat -- The hourse -- The bird -- The eloquence of objects -- The book -- The cross -- The scales -- The ladder -- The lamp and the candle -- The veil -- The mask -- The mirror -- The window -- The curtain.
Choosing ten symbols from the natural world (the sun, the shell, the bird) and ten man-made (the window, the book, the mirror), Françoise Barbe-Gall illuminates our understanding of how these have been used and developed in art from the 15th to the 21st century, with 68 wonderfully vivid examples.