An Introduction to Iconography by Roelof Van Straten
Available for the first time in English, An Introduction to Iconography explains the ways that artists use references and allusions to create meaning. The book presents the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of iconography and ICONCLASS, the comprehensive iconographical indexing system developed by Henri van de Waal. It gives particular emphasis to the history of iconography, personification, allegory, and symbols, and the literary sources that inform iconographic readings, and includes annotated bibliographies of books and journal articles from around the world that are associated with iconographic research. The author of numerous articles and a four-volume reference work on Italian prints, Roelof van Straten is currently working on an iconographic index covering the prints of Goltzius and his school.
"'..a very useful and astonishingly comprehensive little handbook. It is a model in clarity, excellently organized, and also graphically very clear.'." -- Wolfgang M. Freitag of Harvard University
Roelof Van Straten, Patricia de Man
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| ISBN 13 | 9782881246012 |
| ISBN 10 | 288124601X |
| Title | An Introduction to Iconography |
| Author | Roelof Van Straten |
| Series | Documenting The Image |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gordon & Breach Science Publishers SA |
| Year published | 1994-06-28 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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