Anywhere: Iconography (Keywords)

An exciting yet informative collection of facts about some of our planets most amazing and adorable animals. In a society where so much attention is based on 'cute' iconography, this non-fiction title appeals to that mainstream market, with a strong educational message and an encouragment to su...

An examination of the origins, development and iconography of Freemasonry, throwing light on its important role in European and American cultural development. A particularly important period is the 18th century, when Freemasonry could count amongst its ranks Mozart, Washington and Voltaire.

From fine art to street style, the aesthetics and motifs of the gothic are entwined with the heart of today's alternative visual culture. Vampires and demons have become screen icons of the modern underworld. Skulls, crosses and religious iconography represent symbols of rebellion for a new got...

Intends to reflect both changes in academia and in the world since 1987, and includes 2,750 original entries. This edition preserves the best of Mircea Eliade's cross-cultural approach of the first edition and emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture...

This guide enables students to get the most from their art history course. Written in an accessible style, the book introduces two basic art historical methods - formal analysis and contextual analysis. In this new edition revising author Michael Cothren has extended the discussion on iconograph...

Arguing for the need to understand Gothic cinema as an aesthetic mode, this book explores its long history, from its transitional origins in phantasmagoria shows and the first 'trick' films to its postmodern fragmentation in the Gothic pastiches of Tim Burton. But what is Gothic cinema? Is the i...

This text examines the mythological origins of the Green Man and his survival in folklore, literature, iconography and seasonal customs.

The Hellenistic period is traditionally defined as beginning with the death of Alexander the Great, whose brief but dramatic career changed the political and cultural complexion of the ancient Greek world. This book looks at the themes of Hellenistic iconography, as well as the lives of the art...

Fetishised, demonised, celebrated and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels good? Are they feminist? What does it mean for a woman (or, for that matter, a man) to choose to wear them? Meditating on the labyrinthine nature of sexual identit...

How does a painter see the world? Philip Guston, one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century, spoke about art with unparalleled candour and commitment. Touching on work from across his career as well as that of his fellow artists and Renaissance heroes, this selection of his writ...