Symbols - A Handbook for Seeing (Hardcover)

A new pictorial reference book for artists and designers, with over 400 images from sources ranging from Greco-Roman art to Benjamin Franklin and Wes Anderson - Symbols offers a fresh approach to understanding symbolism in the visual arts. Symbols are embedded everywhere in our global visual culture, from oil paintings to biscuit packaging, monuments to mass-produced ashtrays. Designers and California College of the Arts instructors Mark Fox and Angie Wang recognize sources both historical and contemporary, high and low, revealing the narrative riches of symbolism found in a range of media and across times, places, and cultures. Whether human or animate, natural or man-made - each symbol (from sun, moon, lightning, and serpent to lozenge, spiral, and swastika) is illustrated with both classical and archetypal examples and often surprising contributions from textiles, fine art photography, ceramics, African sculpture, ancient coins, modern architecture, Native American crafts, European heraldry, Soviet propaganda, bookplates, film stills, military insignia, and much more. A beautiful, visually arresting compendium that both informs and inspires, Symbols is a vital resource.

General

Imprint:	Monacelli Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2016
Authors:	Mark Fox • Angie Wang
Dimensions:	270 x 210 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-58093-472-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Graphic design Promotions
LSN:	1-58093-472-2
Barcode:	9781580934725

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