How to understand a painting : decoding symbols in art
Barbe-Gall, Françoise2010
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Choosing ten symbols from the natural world (the sun, the shell, the bird) and ten man-made (the window, the book, the mirror), Françoise Barbe-Gall illuminates our understanding of how these have been used and developed in art from the 15th to the 21st century, with 68 wonderfully vivid examples.
Main title:
How to understand a painting : decoding symbols in art / Françoise Barbe-Gall.
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Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln, 2010.
Collation:
311 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780711232136 (pbk)
Dewey class:
750.11A750.11BARANF/750.99 BAR
Language:
English
BRN:
325626
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