Allegory and the migration of symbols
By: Rudolf Wittkowker.
Series: The Collected essays of Rudolf Wittkower
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 1977
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Allegory.; Symbolism in art.
Description: "This book has a taxonomy of sets of similar symbols with which the history of their locations, uses, and meanings can be put together to see the whole. Well researched and written/translated. Not a dictionary of symbols with definitions, or even an encyclopedia - more like a collection of specific histories."--Amazon.

Fourteen essays written between 1937 and 1970.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.