Hidden Symbols in Art
Subtitle: The Illustrated Decoder of Symbols and Figures in Western Painting
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: October 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780847824021
Subjects: Popular Culture - General; Painting; Special Subjects In Art; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Criticism; History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); History - Symbolism; Art / General; Art / History / General
Description: "The great artists have created intriguing worlds of the imagination whose features may mystify the modern viewer. What stories are being told in these glorious pictures? Who are the characters that inhabit them? What are the deeper meanings that lie beyond what is evident to the untrained eye?".

"In Hidden Symbols in Art Sarah Carr-Gomm, art historian, provides a fascinating guide to the key figures, themes, events, symbols, and emblems that form the subject matter of Western painting. Strikingly illustrated with 75 great works and more than 75 telling details, the book spans seven centuries of creativity - from works produced in medieval times to masterpieces of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.