1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth

 

1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth
1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth
by Authors: Rowena Shepherd , Rupert Shepherd
Released: August, 2002
ISBN: 0500283516
Paperback

Sales Rank: 19,949
List price: $29.95
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1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth > Customer Review #1:
Exce;ent symbol book

This book contains symbols that no other book contains. If you are a artist you can draw them. It contais biblical, and mythical people, flowers, and herbes, and their meaning. I thought think this book is wonderful and beautifully illustrated.

1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth > Customer Review #2:
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE AS DICTIONARY

Impressive book because of its good contents. Will be good for children as means to learn the beauty of the art and symbols. Although the binding of the book is bad because of its thick individual pages. I hope publisher see to it that the pages are snug together. Thank you.

1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth > Customer Review #3:
Complete Guide to Symbols and Their Meaning

"1000 Symbols" is an extensive compendium of symbols from around the world. What makes this book unique from other books on symbols is the worldwide approach. A specific symbol can mean widely differing things in different cultural contexts and the authors do a wonderful job of examining each interpretation. Each symbol has a number that is cross-referenced to the index at the beginning of the book making them easy to find. In addition, the symbols are categorized into eight general categories for easy browsing. The categories are Heaven and Earth, Characters and People, Body and Actions, Living Creatures, Mythical Beasts, Flowers, Plants and Trees, Objects and Artefacts, and Abstracts. Each of these categories is also subdivided.

Each of the symbols discussed has a line drawing of the symbol along with a detailed description of what the symbol meant to different groups, how it is used today, various ways it was drawn, etc. If you want to know about the various symbols that surround us this is an excellent place to find out. A highly recommended reference for anyone interested in symbols.



 
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