num_pages: 430
description: This dictionary relates in a succinct, readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of European art is based. Cross-references enable the reader to identify the subject of a picture simply from some characteristic object or figure in it. Here in a single volume are combined religious and historical themes. The "Dictionary" also explores the "lost language" of symbol and attribute, thus opening up the whole field of allegory.
language: English
title: Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
titlecomplete: Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
genres: History, Mythology, Reference, Philosophy, Art History, Research, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 225
publisher: Richard d Irwin